Catherine the Great - V: Potemkin, Catherine's General, Advisor, and Lover - Extra History
Added 2017-02-24 18:00:00 +0000 UTCCatherine the Great had many lovers during her life, but perhaps none meant so much to her as Grigory Potemkin.
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I prefer my silent films with Charlie Chaplin, Buster Keaton or Harold Lloyd. Don't get started with Talkies, I love Gene Kelly & Frank Sinatra Films every now and then
Film Vagabond
2017-03-01 06:09:51 +0000 UTCThanks. Basically, RT is the Kreml's propaganda loudspeaker towards the west. I mean, to give them credit, they did fake news before it was cool. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RT_(TV_network)" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RT_(TV_network)</a>#Responses
Cifer
2017-02-28 01:05:44 +0000 UTCYes and that's not the only thing Discovered recently.
Martin Verran
2017-02-28 00:45:37 +0000 UTCI confess I'm not too knowledgeable about the veracity/history of Russia Today, but I'll keep this kind of thing in mind should we use real newspapers again in the future.
Extra History
2017-02-28 00:32:56 +0000 UTCIt's interesting (and a little sad) that their relationship worked better after they stopped being romantic with each other, as all of the insecurities that Potemkin had about being romantically involved with a woman who had power over him seemed to change when the context of their relationship did...
Extra History
2017-02-28 00:28:47 +0000 UTCIf only more historical relationships were like theirs and less like, say, Henry VIII...
Extra History
2017-02-28 00:28:13 +0000 UTCWe plan to, but the list of things we want to include in Lies is super long and some things may have to get cut. Still, yes, we would like to talk about potemkin villages!
Extra History
2017-02-28 00:25:55 +0000 UTCAnd how relationships can change over time and still be rewarding to both people in them. :)
Extra History
2017-02-28 00:25:19 +0000 UTCPretty good film too, eh?
Extra History
2017-02-28 00:25:03 +0000 UTCMartin, I think you've found your niche!
Extra History
2017-02-28 00:24:04 +0000 UTCRegarding 6:08 : Using Russia Today as a reference makes me somewhat uncomfortable given their rather special relationship towards the truth (i. e.: possibly "friends with benefits", but certainly not committed or exclusive). Surely there would have been other sources with the same story?
Cifer
2017-02-27 19:50:18 +0000 UTCPower always complicates relationships...but they made it work in the end.
Timothy McLean
2017-02-24 21:57:06 +0000 UTCIf only more relationships between men and women could be as healthy(ish) as that of Catherine and Potemkin.
Michael Jebbett
2017-02-24 21:19:45 +0000 UTCThe more things change, the more they stay the same...
Michael Jebbett
2017-02-24 21:18:50 +0000 UTCNo mention of potemkin villages? Guess they'd be in Lies episode.
Pavel Yakushevich
2017-02-24 20:19:09 +0000 UTCCool example of how a close relationship doesn't have to be sexual.
Stephen Watson
2017-02-24 19:24:19 +0000 UTCPotemkin was quite something
Film Vagabond
2017-02-24 18:41:56 +0000 UTCSecond Time in a Row ~ First like and First Comment!!!
Martin Verran
2017-02-24 18:12:59 +0000 UTC
