Catherine the Great of Russia

By hanahong
  • Arranged marriage to the Grand Duke Peter

    Arranged marriage to the Grand Duke Peter

    At age 15, the Empress Elizabeth was set to marry the Grand Duke Peter that will then become Peter the Great. This marriage lasts until 1762.
  • Paul I of Russia is born

    Paul I of Russia is born

    Peter III's and Catherine's first child Paul I of Russia is born.
  • Peter III's first daughter Anna Petrovna is born

    Peter III's first daughter Anna Petrovna is born

    Peter and Catherine's first female child is born.
  • Grigory Orlov's third son Alexei Grigorievich Bobrinsky is born

    Grigory Orlov's third son Alexei Grigorievich Bobrinsky is born

    Catherine bears her third son not with Peter the Great. The pictured man is the husband who she bore Grigory with.

  • Catherine Marries Girgory Orlov

    Catherine Marries Girgory Orlov (one of Catherine's noble favorites) overthrows Peter the Great until her death.
  • Catherine starts Reform

    Catherine starts Reform

    Influenced by the ideals of Enlightenment, Catherine, as well as many other monarchs, ensured their wise power by becoming a dictating ruler.

  • Catherine the Great attempts to reform

    Influenced by the Enlightenment ideals, Catherine began reforming her country to improve social conditions.

  • Polish king Stanislaw suppress a revolt

    Her former lover of Poland presses a revolt against her, which stirs her hate for the country

  • Catherine Admits to her New and Revised Laws

    The Empress created the Legislative Commission to revise the old laws in accordance with the "Instruction."

  • Rival/ Revolt leader fakes Catherine's husband death

    After Peter III's death, there was a revolt led by the Cossack Yemelyan Pugachev who falsely claimed that he was Peter III, and many followed him until he was captured in 1774.