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Catherine the Great of Russia

By blisswalton
  • Birth

    Birth

    Born orginally as Sophia Frederica Augusta in Stettin, Germany.

  • Travelled to Russia

    with her mother

  • Russian Orthadox Church Member

    Catherine becomes a member of the Russian Orthadox Church
  • Marriage

    Marriage

    Catherine marries Peter von Holstein-Gottorp
  • Son's birth

    Son's birth

    Named Paul
  • Empress Elizabeth Died

    Empress Elizabeth Died

  • Reign began

    Reign began

    She rallied the troops of St. Petersburg and declared herself, Catherine II, the sovereign ruler of Russia.

  • Crowned Empress

    in Moscow

  • Created Legislative Commission

  • Battle of Kagul

  • Affair with lover and advisor

    Grigori Alexandrovich Potemkin

  • Assimilated Islamic Schools into Russian Public School System

  • Death

    Death

    Died of stroke in her dressing room.
  • End of reign

    End of reign

    Left the title of Empress of Russia when she died of a stroke.