Catherine the GREAT

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Catherine the GREAT

• By KG
• The Magnificent

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RUSSIA!
Added by Catherine the Great
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Catherines Challenges

• Peasant uprisings
• In 1773 Emelian Pugachev announces himself true
  tsar, he issues an imperial manifesto ending
  serfdom, taxes and military conscription.
• Caused by worsening conditions of serfs who were
  beginning to be sold without land.
• Pugachev was betrayed by his followers to
  Catherine. After his execution Catherine
  responded by further repressing the peasantry,
  granting more rights to lords, and reverting the
  country to feudalism.

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Catherines Challenges Part Deux

• Nobility and Domestic Affairs
• Catherine had to maintain a careful balance
  between the power of the monarchy and the
  nobility.
• She could not give the serfs too much freedom or
  the lords would be angry and revolt. However, she
  could not give the lords too much power over the
  serfs or they would be too repressed and the
  serfs would rebel.
• Catherine responded by giving the lords most of
  the power and repressing the serfs to the point
  of rebellion.

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Commonalities

• All absolute monarchs emphasized war defense,
  expansion, and military.
• All believed in the divine right of kings.
• All absolute monarchs centralized monarchs,
  attempted to limit the rights of nobility, and
  eliminate representative bodies.

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Commonalities

• French, Russian, and Prussian absolute monarchs
  all kept strong standing armies.
• Religion was not the main focus in Prussia,
  Russia, and Austria.

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Who would get along with Catherine?

• Peter the Great, Catherines grandfather would
  agree with several of her policies
• Using terror, reducing the power of the nobility,
  and expanding Russia were things they both had in
  common

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Who would not like Catherine?

• Frederick II would not agree with Catherine and
  her oppressive policies.
• Frederick gave serfs more freedom and allowed
  them to hold land.
• He also provided them with elementary education
• They also fought over the Partitions of Poland.

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Russia Today

• Russia has diminished in size.
• It no longer has warm water ports, as it lost
  its Black Sea ports after Catherines reign

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Government

• In Catherines era Russia was ruled by absolute
  monarchs of the Romanov Dynasty.
• It is currently ruled democratically by President
  Vladimir Putin.

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We would like to live under
Frederick the Great!

• Frederick did not oppress his serfs, which we
  would probably have been.
• He was also tolerant of different religions

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We would like to live in
ENGLAND!!!

• We want to live in England because they have the
  most democratic system out of the other
  countries.
• They have a strong world reputation, economy, and
  defense system.
• They also have really awesome accents.
• And Harry Potter.
• And Prince William.