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Sophia Augusta Fredericka is invited by Czarina Elizabeth to visit St. Petersburg, she converts to Russian Orthodoxy and changes her name to Catherine
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Catherine is married to Peter, the heir to the Russian throne
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After Czarina Elizabeth dies, Peter takes the throne and Catherine is worried that he will get rid of her, which leads to Catherine declaring him a traitor (picture of Elizabeth)
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Peter is killed
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Catherine’s reign starts off with disadvantages; she is a foreigner (German) and a woman
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The Russian army helps Stanislas II Augustus be crowned king of Poland because he was one of Catherine’s lovers
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Catherine’s commission to review Russia’s laws is unsuccessful, this leads to her creating limited reforms
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The publisher of the Encyclopédie visits Catherine because of her intellectual qualities
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Grigory Potemkin becomes Catherine’s lover, he soon had a big impact on her rule by being one of her ministers
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Catherine is frightened because Pugachev’s armies have been winning revolts in a rebellion against her, this leads her to allow his torture and beheading (even though torture goes against her principals)
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Catherine tours the Crimea region, affects her views on architectural beauty
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King Louis XVI of France is beheaded; that and the French Revolution cause Catherine to question her ways of ruling because she had admired the French in how they ruled
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Catherine dies of a stroke
