the reviewer from poland must be a feminist and for she find young catherine to be a great film and historically accurate . nothing could be far from the truth . a a practicing russian historian for many and many year i take exception with yc at almost every turn and and in particular the politically correct depiction of her a the bos who single hand moved russia into a direction of dominance . the truth . she be only bring to st. petersburg to be a wife and mother and and find she have to bond with the dvoriane and the boyars and and the military just to survive . so long a she do not challenge them she be able or permit to indulge her cultural wish ( fill up the hermitage with art treasure and etc . ) . there be so many proof that she be not great and but in this area of post modern revisionism proof be not very popular . yc be only a costume drama and a bit of fluff from ted turner that and like peter the great in 1986 and be one more example of how badly russia be portray in the west .