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On this date Catherine was born. (Birth name is Sophie Friederike Auguste von Anhalt-Zerbst-Dornburg)
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Catherine the great (Princess Sophie at the time) converted her faith from Lutheran to the Russian Orthodox faith, when she changed faiths the name "Catherine" was given to her.
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Catherine the Great marries Peter the III
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Catherine's husband Peter the III was murdered by Alexei Orlov.
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Catherine helped the agricultural expansion and helped modernization.
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Catherine makes the code of laws, but in the end they were rejected because the idea's were too liberal at the time.
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Multiple wars between the Russian empire and Ottoman empire.
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The Partition of of Poland was when Russia (,Austria and Prussia) convinced Poland to give up some of its territory.
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Biggest uprising in Russia, it was a series of rebellions while Catherine the Great was in reign. The uprising was lead by a man named Pugachev.
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The Black sea was taken over by Russia.
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Catherine the Great wanted to expand the Russian empire and by doing so she annexed the Crimean Peninsula.
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On this date Catherine died as one of the greatest rulers in Russian history.
