How Did Catherine Come To Russia

Born on May 2, 1729, in Stettin Prussia, Catherine was the daughter of German royalty, her parents being Christian August and Princess Johanna Elisabeth. She was described as an intelligent, ambitious child by her governess Babette, who taught her about religion, languages being German , Russian, and French, also learning about history and music. She would later spend most of her time learning by herself, making herself a very intelligent, enlightened ruler when she took the throne. In 1744, a letter arrived from Empress Elizabeth I of Russia, asking the young German Princess to come to Russia for a visit, at the time Elizabeth was looking for a heir to her throne, and Elizabeth had relations with Catherine’s Family by the prior engagement to Catherine Mother,
He also terrorized Catherine by calling her horrible names and embarrassing her in front of the court. Peter III was also a horrible ruler for Russia. After taking the throne his first order was giving back the church their lands making several nobles and courtiers very angry. Then his second biggest order he made that enraged the public was taking troops out of Denmark, and called off the 7 years war with Prussia, The Russians were not happy with this. He was said to have a great appreciation for the Prussian King and and wanted Russia to be more like Prussia, he even changed the soldiers outfits to the Prussian Green. The Russian people were at their limits with him and they looked to Catherine to take the throne from him, though they were thinking for her to be the Queen reagent. Catherine set her sights higher and with the help of her lover Gregory Orlov she held a Coup D'etat on June 28 1762, taking the throne from Peter III. Several days after being crowned Empress Catherine, Peter III was killed, though no one knows what role Catherine played, though historians have found that Gregory and his brother may have been the cause. Catherine was able to rule for 34 years before dying