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Born as Sophia Augusta
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Period: to
Catherine the Great
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Baptized into the Russian Orthodox faith
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Catherine married Peter III
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Had her son Paul, who could be the son of her husband Peter III, or the man she was having an affair with, Sergey Saltykov.
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Her husband Tsar Peter III signed away absolute power to her
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Catherine recieved a letter of her husband's death in prison
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Formed a commision to review laws
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There was an uprising of the Serfs quickly put out by Catherine's army. Afterwords, he gives teh Nobles absolute power over the Serfs.
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Succeded by her son Paul I upon her death.