On the Real-Life Cross-Dressing Balls That Inspired That Scene From HBO's ' Catherine the Great
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These gender-bending masquerades actually existed and were known at the time as metamorphosis balls—a way for Russian empresses to put their so-called masculine attributes on display.
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