By: Icelynn
Did you know that when Catherine the great died they said she must have fallen off the toilet? Now don't worry she did not die because of that she died because of old age. She was a very great person [ as said in her name] with an extremely funny background. I am very excited to tell you about her.
When Catherine the great was born on May 2nd, 1729 she was given the name Sophia Augusta Federica. She was born a German princess even though she became the empress of Russia. When she was born her mother was disappointed because her mother wanted a boy. So, she was not treated very well because her mother thought that only a male heir was suitable to continue the family line and keep ruling their "domain".
When Catherine was old enough to get married her mother Johana decided that if she married a rich man her mother would finally get what she wanted so she was going to make her get married, but Catherine did not want to get married she had pride, strength, and an attitude. So, her mother would have to figure out how to abash of these quality's.
Almost as soon as Johana decided to start her quest to find catherine a rich husband catherines little brother who Johana loved the most died of yellow fever. Her mother was devastated but all this event did was make Johana even more determined to find catherine a husband.
One night after another long day of searching for a husband and catherine refusing. Johana and Catharine were having a quite dinner but then a messenger came in and said night mail! The letter was from the empress of Russia elizabeth asking Johana to come to Russia and to bring catherine as well. Johana already new that the empress could have been catherines aunt if she would have married catherines uncle, but she had decided against it. So, Johana saw this as a very good opportunity to find catherine a husband. So that night before they even finished dinner they started o pack and the next Moring they left for Russia.
As soon as they were in Russia the empress greeted her with great joy and that night they dinner with the empress of Russia and Catherine was seated right next to the empress, but her mother was not even seated at the same table as the empress, so she immediately went and complained to the empress, so the empress leads her into an empty room and sat her at a personal table then she shut the door and left. After dinner Catherine changed her name from Sophia to Catherine and took on all the things Russia like the religion, language, and custom. After about six months the empress recruited her to marry her nephew peter the 3rd, catherine and agreed.
There wedding was on august 21st 1745 but soon after their marriage she figured out that she was not happy marrying peter the 3rd for one he would sleep in the same room as catherine so he could play with his toys. So, once they forced him to sleep in the same room and bed as catherine he would wait until she was asleep and then make his servants move his toys around the bed, so he would not have to move. He was very immature but catherine new that she just had to wait until the current empress of Russia died so she could over through her husband and become the empress of Russia. Little did she know that time would come sooner than she thought.
On a very sad day the empress of Russia died, and peter became the new emperor of Russia. soon after she gave birth to her son Paul. But the Russia people found him mean and arrogant, plus Russia lost a lot of territory because he tried to install new military customs. He also was the duke of the enemies of Russia, so he hated Russia which is the worst possible quality a Russia empower can have.
One night while peter was on his vacation catherine told all forces to turn against peter and over throw him. This only worked because no one liked peter so they all were in on it. When peter the 3rd returned he was greeted by an angry mob so he fled to the castle where he was later murdered by one of catherine lover's brothers. 2 months after this she got declared new empress of Russia by a priest.
After she was declared empress of Russia she wanted a new crown that had so many jewels it took two months to create. During her reign many people were envious of catherine but most people liked her. During her reign she also expanded the Russian empire, passed a law that allowed religious freedom, and established the first state funded school for girls.
One very sad day catherine the great died and that sadly ended her reign. But she was one of the longest ruling empresses of Russia, so I'd say she had a long reign.
I hope you enjoyed learning about catherine the great. She is an absoluty awesome person but the one thing that I was not impressed by was that she hired someone to murder her husband so that was not great. But not everyone is perfect, so I still love her!
Sources:
Good night stories for rebel girls “Extra History: All Episodes.” YouTube, YouTube, www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLhyKYa0YJ_5Aq7g4bil7bnGi0A8gTsawu. Bad girls throughout history “Main Page.” Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, 28 Apr. 2018, www.wikipedia.org/.
Presentation Notes: ___________________________
"hi i just came from Russia on this new thing called a plane. my husband was just murdered 2 days before i left but don't feel bad for me i never liked him anyway. plus i pardoned the people the murdered him."
