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Catherine the Great
Catherine the Great
PROFILE Name: Yekaterina Alexeevna or Catherine II Reign: 9 July 1762 – 17 November 1796 -longest-ruling female leader of Russia & one of the country’s most influential rulers. The Catherine Era was known as the Golden Age of the Russian Empire. She was born in Prussia & came to power following the abdication and assassination of her husband. Spouse: Peter III of Russia. BUT she had 3 illegitimate children, fathered by 2 different lovers: Anna Petrovna- the future King Stanislaus II of Poland Elizabeth Alexandrovna Grigory & Count Alexei Grigorievich Bobrinsky- Grigoryevich Orlov POLITICAL/SOCIAL ISSUES Catherine began as a political and social reformer but gradually grew more conservative as she aged The Pugachev Rebellion of 1774-1775 gained huge support until it was extinguished by the Russian army, with Catherine giving nobility greater control over land and serfs She unintentionally gave the serfs a legitimate bureaucratic status that they had lacked before as they could now file complaints against landlords But nobles could send their serfs to be punished in Siberia She eliminated many ways of people becoming serfs and established new schools in which they could learn a trade or get an education A follower of the Enlightenment in 1767, she assembled a group of delegates in order to determine the people's wishes and compose a constitution. Unfortunately, it was considered too liberal and came to nothing
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