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Birth of Catherine the Great
She was born into royality, her father was Prince Christian August of Anhalt-Zerbst and her mother was Princess Johanna Elizabeth of Holstein-Gottorp. -
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Birth-Death
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Catherine gets married to the Grand Duke
She married him when she was 15 and she was very unhappy. So she spent most of her time becoming smarter. -
Solving the economy problem
Catherine set out to help Russia get out of 17 million deficit. She turned the buget around in just 3 years. -
War
Catherine wanted to expand the borders of Russia. She won both wars agaisnt the Ottoman Empire that lasted from 1768-1774 and 1787 to 1792 -
First Partition of Poland
Russia, Prussia, and Austria all took a peice of Poland in what was known as the first Partition of Poland -
Expansion
She took Cremia from the Turks in 1783 and later she took control of the black sea by overpopulating this area. -
Death of Catherine the Great
Catherine died of a heart attack and her son Paul III was the next leader.