5/13/2023 0 Comments Catherine the great by simon dixon![]() ![]() ![]() In 1764, STANISLAS PONIATOVSKI, another one of Catherine's many favourites, The Russian ambassador in Poland was an influential figure by bribing a number of Polish magnates, he influencedÄecisions of the Sejm, up to when it came to the election of kings. Which nominally was subject to Poland, but largely independent she placed her favourite, Ernst Johann Biron, on the throne. In the first year she interfered in the succession of the In 1763 a peace on the basis of the status quo ante was signed. Had, using the Russian army, defeated the Austrians one last time. In which Russia at first had been an Austrian ally, was still going on yet her late husband had switched sides and Prussia's king Frederick the Great ![]() When Catherine the Great eliminated her husband, Czar Peter III., in a palace coup, she began an energetic rule. Catherine the Great (1763-1796) : Foreign Policy ![]()
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