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Catherine the Great is born in Stettin, Powerania, Prussia (now known as Poland).
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Spent most of her time with her governess Babette, who acted as a motherly figure to her. She was very intelligent and spent most of her time reading enlightenment philosophies and novels that helped shape her into the ruler she would eventually become.
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Catherine is married to the Duke at the age of 15.
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After the last empress had died, Peter took control of Russia while Catherine took the title of empress. Many of the people wanted to overthrow Peter and take control. Catherine used this and was able to take control of Russia and declare herself the sole ruler, and have Peter arrested and killed.
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Catherine the Great was finally crowned as the leader of Russia. She used the lessons she had learned from enlightenment philosophers and backed away from the traditional absolutism beliefs by using reason and science. This made Catherine the Great a very unique absolute monarch.
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Catherine the Great has The Hermitage Museum built. Today the museum contains over 2.7 million exhibits including art from Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo, and others.
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Catherine the Great built roads and bridges for towns and cities. She also made governer-generals take census, map provinces and report and trades,
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Fought successful wars against the Ottoman Empire and the land by the Black Sea.
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Catherine the Great build this school for girls to get better educations. At school like these, she expanded their knowledge and taught them to love her.
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Catherine the Great dies of a heart attack.
