Catherine the Great saw an opportunity and she took it - to overthrow her husband and assume control for herself. But in many ways gaining the throne is the easy part - the hard part is keeping power. With the help of her capable and able generals and administrators, and her lover turned right hand man Gregory Potemkin, Catherine began to reform her adopted country and turn it into an international power.
Sources/Further Reading:
Massie, Robert K: Catherine the Great - Portrait of a Woman
Montefiore, Simon Sebag: Catherine the Great and Potemkin - Power Love and the Russian Empire
Ward, Lucy: The Empress and the English Doctor - how Catherine the Great Defied a Deadly Virus
Simmons, Michael W: Catherine the Great - Last Empress of Russia
Britannica: Catherine the Great https://www.britannica.com/biography/Catherine-the-Great
Wikipedia: Catherine the Great https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catherine_the_Great
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