Catherine the Great

By Jayme
  • Catherine is born

    Catherine is born
    On this date Catherine was born. (Birth name is Sophie Friederike Auguste von Anhalt-Zerbst-Dornburg)
  • Catherine converts her faith to the Russian Orthodox faith.

    Catherine converts her faith to the Russian Orthodox faith.
    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.
  • Catherine becomes married

    Catherine becomes married
    Catherine the Great marries Peter the III
  • Peter the III was murdered

    Catherine's husband Peter the III was murdered by Alexei Orlov.
  • Free Economic Society

    Catherine helped the agricultural expansion and helped modernization.
  • Catherine makes the code of laws

    Catherine makes the code of laws
    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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    Russo- Turkish War

    Multiple wars between the Russian empire and Ottoman empire.
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    Partitions of Poland

    The Partition of of Poland was when Russia (,Austria and Prussia) convinced Poland to give up some of its territory.
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    Pugachev’s Rebellion

    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.
  • Secured the northern shore of the Black Sea

    The Black sea was taken over by Russia.
  • Annexation of the Crimean Peninsula

    Annexation of the Crimean Peninsula
    Catherine the Great wanted to expand the Russian empire and by doing so she annexed the Crimean Peninsula.
  • Catherine the Great's death

    Catherine the Great's death
    On this date Catherine died as one of the greatest rulers in Russian history.