Catherine The Great Horse Story

It s all very well explaining the theory of relativity and so on but catherine the great and the horse is a story that truly comes from the heart.

Catherine the great horse story. That story is the one that says catherine the great died while trying to have sex with a horse. Catherine the great liked horses and has been painted on horseback. That catherine the great empress of russia in the latter part of the 18th century was crushed to death when. So how did the idea that she died while attempting an unusual practice with a horse become one of the most virulent myths in modern history transmitted by whispers in school playgrounds across the western world.

So how did the idea that she died while attempting an unusual practice with a horse become one of the most virulent myths in modern history transmitted by whispers in school playgrounds across the western world. Rumors of catherine s private life had a large basis in the fact that she took many young lovers even in old age. Lord byron s don juan around the age of twenty two becomes her lover after the siege of ismail 1790 in a fiction written only about twenty five years after catherine s death in 1796 this practice was not unusual by the court standards of the day. Catherine the great was tsarina of russia one of the most powerful women in european history.

Catherine the great was tsarina of russia one of the most powerful women in european history. The truss holding her equine paramour broke crushing catherine to. The simple answer to your question is no the rumor is not true. It s unfortunate that one of history s most interesting women is known to most people.