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Catherine the Great: Who Was She?

Catherine the Great was the longest reigning empress of the Russian empire who made Russia the dominant power of the South-Eastern Europe and played a major role in the Russian age of enlightenment.

Catherine the Great

Catherine the Great was born as Princess Sophie Friederike Auguste on May 2, 1729 in Pomerania, in the kingdom of Prussia. Her father Christian August, also known as the Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst, ruled as the governor of the city, Stettin. Her mother was the Princess Johanna Elisabeth of Holstein-Gottorp. She received her formal education from a French governess and some other teachers.

In 1745, at the age of 16, she married the Duke of Holstein-Gottorp, Karl Ulrich, who was the grandson of Peter the Great, and this is when she took the name, Catherine. During this time, Russia was ruled by the empress Elizabeth, the daughter of Peter the Great. Her husband became the emperor in 1761 shortly after the death of Empress Elizabeth and he ruled the empire as Peter III.

Soon after becoming the new emperor, Peter formed an alliance with Frederick II of Prussia and ended a seven years long war and he wanted to get himself rid of Catherine. Catherine conspired against her husband. She had the support of the army with the help of G

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THE CORONATION OF A USURPER 1762

European Russia up to 1801, adapted from Hugh Seton Watson, The Russian Empire 1801–1917 (Oxford, 1967)

St Petersburg and the Gulf of Finland, adapted from Isabel de Madariaga, Russia in the Age of Catherine the Great (Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1981)

The Pugachëv revolt 1773–4, adapted from John T. Alexander, Autocratic Politics in a National Crisis (Indiana University Press, 1970)

The Russo-Turkish Wars of 1768–74 and 1787–91, adapted from Isabel de Madariaga, Russia in the Age of Catherine the Great (Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1981)

St Petersburg in 1776

The Partitions of Poland, 1772, 1793 and 1795, adapted from John Doyle Klier, Russia Gathers her Jews: The origins of the ‘Jewish question’ in Russia 1772–1825 (Northern Illinois University Press, 1986)

A NOTE ON DATES, SPELLING, TRANSLITERATION AND NAMES

Dates: All Russian domestic dates are given according to the Old Style (Julian) calendar, which in the eighteenth century was eleven days behind the New Style (Gregorian) calendar in use in most European states by 1800. New Style dates, when given for events outside Russia, are marked NS.

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