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The Prussian army has not received its pay for 17 months, there is a budget deficit, horrific embezzlement and corruption, peasant unrest, the Senate is busy selling off farmsteads and titles, not even knowing how many cities there are in Russia. It is in this state that the country meets its new empress Catherine the Second, a German by blood, who had no legal right to inherit the throne. Catherine had several stages of rule, one can imitate the tabloid press and talk about her endless debauchery, but one thing cannot be taken away: everything that Catherine did was subordinated to one goal - the greatness of the Russian state. Contents: 00:00 Palace coup and death of Peter III 04:01 Youth of Princess Sophia 06:55 Unhappy marriage with Peter III 13:36 Catherine's first suspicions of an impending palace coup 15:03 Why Peter III was hated by all of Russia 18:30 Accession to the throne of Catherine the Great 22:13 What was the state of Russia 28:27 What is happening in foreign policy 30:38 Division of the Senate and reform of education 33:47 Beginning of legislative reform 35:29 Travel of Catherine II across Russia 41:58 Legislative Commission and laws 52:31 Catherine's PR plan 57:14 The Empress's newspaper and public opinion 01:02:30 Class composition of that time 01:05:38 The richest and cruelest landowner Saltychikha 01:12:09 Life of the nobility 01:15:15 Peasants and Cossacks led by Yemelyan Pugachev 01:27:20 Two most important results of the peasant uprising 01:30:02 Results of Catherine's domestic policy See also: Pandemics: plague, cholera and Spanish flu: • Pandemics: plague, Spanish flu and cholera / Ur... History of the Constitution: • The Constitution under Lenin, Stalin, Brezhnev... For cooperation issues, write to: [email protected] Subscribe to Minaev on social networks: Minaev on Instagram: / sergeiminaev Minaev on Telegram: https://t-do.ru/minaevlife Minaev on Facebook: / minaevsergei Minaev's podcasts: https://music.yandex.ru/album/8849269 #CatherinetheGreat #HistoryofRussia #Minaev #Great