Catherine The Great Coup Attempt

She came to power following a coup d état that she organised resulting in her husband peter iii being overthrown.

Catherine the great coup attempt. 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. Catherine the great empress of russia 1762 96 who led her country into full participation in the political and cultural life of europe. Taking advice from marial she attempts to seduce and recruit palace intellectual count orlo. Catherine takes her first steps toward a coup.

Catherine ii may 2 1729 november 17 1796 most commonly known as catherine the great was empress of russia from 1762 until 1796 the country s longest ruling female leader. 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. From 1793 on she also became lady of jever. With her ministers she reorganized the administration and law of the russian empire and extended russian territory adding crimea and much of poland.

Catherine ii known as catherine the great was a prussian princess who became the queen consort of russia through her marriage to peter iii she then orchestrated a coup to overthrow her husband and became the empress of the russian empire in july 1762 catherine was czarina for a period of 34 years till her death in november 1796 making her the longest ruling female leader in the history of. Catherine ii born sophie of anhalt zerbst. She came to power following a coup d état that overthrew her husband peter iii under her reign russia was revitalised.