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Reign of Catherine the Great (1762-1796)

Reign of Catherine the Great (1762-1796)

  1. Catherine takes the throne in a palace coup

    Labels: Catherine II, Palace Coup, Guards Regiments

  2. Catherine issues the Enlightenment-inspired Nakaz

    Labels: Nakaz, Enlightenment, Legal Reform

  3. Russo-Turkish War begins over Poland and influence

    Labels: Russo-Turkish War, Ottoman Empire, Poland

  4. Legislative Commission adjourns without a new code

    Labels: Legislative Commission, Law Code, Catherine II

  5. Russia joins the First Partition of Poland

    Labels: First Partition, Polish Lithuanian, Russia

  6. Pugachev’s Rebellion erupts on the Volga frontier

    Labels: Pugachev, Pugachev s, Volga

  7. Treaty of Küçük Kaynarca ends the first Ottoman war

    Labels: Treaty of, Ottoman Empire, Crimean Khanate

  9. Zaporozhian Sich is dissolved and its autonomy ends

    Labels: Zaporozhian Sich, Cossacks, Imperial Abolition

  10. Crimea is annexed to the Russian Empire

    Labels: Crimea Annexation, Crimean Khanate, Russian Empire

  11. Treaty of Georgievsk makes eastern Georgia a protectorate

    Labels: Treaty of, Kartli-Kakheti, Erekle II

  12. Charters strengthen nobles and organize towns

    Labels: Charter to, Nobility

  13. Second Russo-Turkish War begins after Crimea tensions

    Labels: Second Russo-Turkish, Ottoman Empire, Crimea

  14. Treaty of Jassy confirms Russian gains on the Black Sea

    Labels: Treaty of, Ottoman Empire, Dniester Frontier

  15. Catherine dies, leaving a larger but more tightly controlled empire

    Labels: Death of, Tsarskoye Selo, Russian Empire