What Russian empress had affairs with many men?
The Scarlet Empress and foremost a paramour of the much-older Elizabeth. Rebuffed at this discovery, she takes lovers among the Russian Army to court its favor. When the old Empress dies seventeen years into their marriage, Peter ascends to the Russian throne and takes steps against his wife. Soon Catherine plots and exercises a coup, beginning a reign as Empress that will leave her known to history as "Catherine the Great". Josef von Sternberg described "The Scarlet Empress" as "a relentless excursion into style". The historical accuracy is sacrificed for the sake of "a visual splendor verging on madness". To show Russia as
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