Introduction

                    Readers Note:

This website is a virtual representation of the personal diary of Sophie Augusta Fredrika, better known as Catherine the Great. This has been carefully translated into English for everyone to read.

Before you read this you should know more about who you are reading:

Catherine the Great's Timeline:


1729- Catherine the Great was born

1745- Marries Peter III

1754- Gives birth to her son Paul

1762- Crowned 

1768- War with Turks

1772- First partition of Poland

1774- Russia defeats Turkey 

1775- Pugachev Rebellion

1787- Second Turkish war

1795- Catherine the Great dies