Catherine the Great

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Born Sofia of Prussia (modern-day Germany) and became Empress of Russia after a coup against her husband, Peter III.

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Who was Catherine the Great?

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An attempt by Catherine the Great to create a Russian Assembly using Enlightenment ideas to make new laws. The results were mixed as the ideas were too foreign for most Russians.

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What was the Nakaz of 1767?

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What were Catherine's military achievements?

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Catherine added over 200,000 square miles to Russia's Empire through wars with the Ottoman Empire and Poland.

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What was Catherine's Inoculation Initiative?

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Catherine established a centralized medical administration to inoculate as many Russians as possible against Smallpox. By 1800, over 2 million people (6% of the population) were inoculated.

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A revolt of peasant Cossacks in Northern Russia against harsh taxes funding Catherine's wars, led by someone who claimed to be Peter III.

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What was Pugachev's Rebellion (1773-1775)

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What happened to Paul I after Catherine's death?

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Became Tzar in 1796 after Catherine's death, but was unprepared for the role, and squandered Catherine's legacy