A woman playing the role of Johanna Elisabeth von Schleswig-Holstein-Gottorf, mother of "Catherine the Great" stands in front of the palace ruins in Zerbst, Germany, 19 September 2012. To honor the Russian tsar, the touristic route was opened today devoted to Princess Sophie Auguste Friedrike von Anhalt-Zerbst (1729-1796). She lived for two years in Zerbst and reined as Russian tsa
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