Plotoftheseries:Intheseries“CatherineSeason4Favorites”thereignoftheGreatEmpressofRussiaCatherineAlekseevnaIIcontinues.Theeventstakeplacein1779whenthequeenhasbeenonthethroneforseventeenyearsandhasreachedthepeakofhergreatness.HerfamespreadnotonlytoneighboringcountriesbutthroughoutEurope.Suchanicknameas“Great”wasassignedtoherbythehighsocietyofEuropethankstotheeffortsoftheinfluentialPrincessDashkovawhowasalwaysdevotedtoCatherineII.UponreturningfromabroadCatherineIIishelpedbytheruler’smainassociateEkaterinaRomanovnaDashkova.MeanwhileherhusbandmentionedintheseriesPrinceGrigoryAlexandrovichPotemkinremaininginsecondplaceintheStateisnolongerherfavorite.NewfavoritesappearoneafteranotherbuttheyareallundertheclosesupervisionofPotemkin.Noneofthenewfavoritescanmaintaintheirpositionforlong.Catherineplaysatloveexaltingherselftothepointthatnomandeserveshertruelove.Howevertheheartdoesnotobeythemind.YounghandsomeAlexanderLanskoywontheheartofthequeenbutultimatelybrokeit.DespitethestormyloveaffairsCatherinetheSecondisnotdistractedforaminutefromstateaffairs.Thetimecomeswhenyouhavetothinkabouttheheirtothethrone.DespitethefactthattheEmpresshasasonPavelPetrovichwhoisthemainlegalheirtotheRussianthroneCatherinedoesnotconsiderhimaworthysuccessor.ShedecidestomakehergrandsonAlexanderherheir.PavelisdeterminedandreadytofightforhislegitimaterightstothethroneofRussia.AnewfightfortheRussianthronebegins.Theseventeen-yearreignofCatherineIIwasmarkedbyherpowerfulinfluenceonbothdomesticandforeignpolicyofRussia.Shetookactivestepstomodernizethecountryabsorbingforeignachievementsandpractices.ThereformsofCatherineIIwereaimedatstrengtheningthestateandincreasingitsinfluenceinEurope.ShealsoactivelypursuedforeignpolicyexpandingtheterritoryoftheRussianEmpireandimprovingthearmyandnavy.AtthesametimeintrigueandpoliticalmanipulationoftenaccompaniedthelifeofCatherineII.Shedividedhertimebetweengovernmentaffairsandherpersonallifeinwhichloveaffairsandpassionsplayedasignificantrole.CatherineIIwasknownforheraffairswithvariousmenincludingstatesmenandforeigndiplomats.Thenewfightforthethronedescribedintheseries"CatherineSeason4’sFavorites"representsadramaticturnfortheempire.TheheirtothethronePavelPetrovichisfacedwithachoice-tofightforhislegacyortocometotermswithhisgrandmother’sdecision.Hegathersaroundhimselfsupportersandforcesreadytosupporthisclaims.Russia’sfatelargelydependsontheoutcomeofthispowerstruggle.Thustheseries“CatherineSeason4Favorites”presentsafascinatinghistoricaldramainwhichloveintriguespoliticalmanipulationsandthestruggleforpowerareintertwined.Itallowsustolookintothelifeofoneofthemostmagnificentwomeninhistoryandseehowherdecisionsandactionsinfluencedthefateofthestateandherownfamily.