Catherine The Great Coup Timeline

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Catherine the great coup timeline. The empress is remembered as one of russia s greatest reformers catherine the great was empress of russia from 1762 until 1796 the country s longest ruling female leader and arguably the most. In 1762 catherine a talented equestrian lead a group of 14 000 soldiers to unseat her husband. Petersburg russia german born empress of russia 1762 96 who led her country into full participation in the political and cultural life of. Catherine the great russian yekaterina velikaya also called catherine ii russian in full yekaterina alekseyevna original name sophie friederike auguste prinzessin von anhalt zerbst born april 21 may 2 new style 1729 stettin prussia now szczecin poland died november 6 november 17 1796 tsarskoye selo now pushkin near st.

Many wanted to overthrow him and take control. Married to grand duke peter iii heir to the russian throne august 21 1745. With the help of her lover at the time grigory orlov catherine plotted to overthrow her husband. Birth april 21 1729.

Catherine and her lover count alexei grigoryevich orlov did conspire to overthrow the emperor though their revolt was mostly violence free. Catherine seized power from her husband peter iii in a coup d etat and seeing herself as an enlightened despot reigned over what is regarded by many as a golden era of russian enlightenment and expansion. It grew larger and stronger and was recognised as one of the. Whereas the premium cable series traced the trajectory of catherine s rule from 1764 to her death the great centers on her 1762 coup and the sequence of events leading up to it.

2 may 1729 17 november 1796 most commonly known as catherine the great was empress of russia from 1762 until 1796 the country s longest ruling female leader. Paul catherine s son is born september 20 1754. However they underestimated catherine and the role she inteded to play. Catherine the great was empress of russia between 9 july 1762 and november 17 1796.

This biography of catherine the great provides detailed information about her childhood life achievements works timeline. Catherine ii born sophie of anhalt zerbst. They arrested him forced him to abdicate and he died. Create a timeline now.

She came to power following a coup d état that overthrew her husband peter iii under her reign russia was revitalised. Catherine the great was the longest ruling female leader of russia whose reign was called russia s golden age.