Аннотация:On November 4, 2014 Channel Russia broadcast the first season of the television series about Catherine the Great’s rise to power, produced by Aleksandr Akopov and titled Catherine (Ekaterina).¹ On November 4 of the following year Channel One responded with the first season of its own television biopic The Great (Velikaia, produced by Ruben Dishdishian),² about the rise to power of the German princess Sophia who later converts to Orthodoxy and becomes Russian Empress Catherine the Great.³ Channel One limited itself to one season, while Channel Russia has already released three seasons, with the fourth currently in production.