https://padlet.com/ld95/vvqb8rytnf1a Empress of Russia en-us 2017-06-25 21:29:55 UTC 2017-07-02 20:21:04 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Balance.png ld95 https://padlet.com/ld95/vvqb8rytnf1a/wish/177390659 A short video to summarise her life.]]> 2017-06-25 21:48:27 UTC https://padlet.com/ld95/vvqb8rytnf1a/wish/177390659 ld95 https://padlet.com/ld95/vvqb8rytnf1a/wish/177495082 The Russian royal line]]> 2017-06-27 00:27:28 UTC https://padlet.com/ld95/vvqb8rytnf1a/wish/177495082 ld95 https://padlet.com/ld95/vvqb8rytnf1a/wish/177696316 Catherine was part of the Orthodox Catholic church scince 1744 to her fathers dismay. She was given the name Yaketerina (Catherine) to suite her new orthodox faith.]]> 2017-06-29 00:45:25 UTC https://padlet.com/ld95/vvqb8rytnf1a/wish/177696316 ld95 https://padlet.com/ld95/vvqb8rytnf1a/wish/177696818 Catherine beliefed in treating her people fairly. After her late husband Peter III died she restored the land he had taken from the church and the excess tax money he had taken from the poor. She said that she was a shepard of Peter the I as he was Russias fairest leader scince her. She carried out his ideas and principles adapting them and making them her own]]> 2017-06-29 00:54:50 UTC https://padlet.com/ld95/vvqb8rytnf1a/wish/177696818 ld95 https://padlet.com/ld95/vvqb8rytnf1a/wish/177697461 2017-06-29 01:04:31 UTC https://padlet.com/ld95/vvqb8rytnf1a/wish/177697461 ld95 https://padlet.com/ld95/vvqb8rytnf1a/wish/177697617 Nakaz or the law book were the rules that Catherine instilled on Russia at the time. They abolished torture and called for men and women to be equal.]]> 2017-06-29 01:07:45 UTC https://padlet.com/ld95/vvqb8rytnf1a/wish/177697617 ld95 https://padlet.com/ld95/vvqb8rytnf1a/wish/177899647 When Catherine was first made Queen after the death of Peter the III she recalled Russin troops that were sent to fight the Swedish.
This made her extremly popular with the lower classes.]]> 2017-07-02 19:46:33 UTC https://padlet.com/ld95/vvqb8rytnf1a/wish/177899647 ld95 https://padlet.com/ld95/vvqb8rytnf1a/wish/177899773 Catherine believed in equal education for each of the sexes. 
After she came to power numbers of female students and scholars skyrocketed more female authors and artists were published and appraised]]> 2017-07-02 19:50:54 UTC https://padlet.com/ld95/vvqb8rytnf1a/wish/177899773 ld95 https://padlet.com/ld95/vvqb8rytnf1a/wish/177900188 The Catherinian era was described as the Russian golden age with culture and education being at it's all time imperial high.]]> 2017-07-02 20:04:01 UTC https://padlet.com/ld95/vvqb8rytnf1a/wish/177900188 ld95 https://padlet.com/ld95/vvqb8rytnf1a/wish/177900391 After Catherine died it left her empire broken, not only did she ease Russia into a seat of aristocric power through imperial Europe. She also created fair laws and imported pieces of modern art and literature. She imprinted heavily on the Russian line creating a standard no one could fulfil.]]> 2017-07-02 20:10:00 UTC https://padlet.com/ld95/vvqb8rytnf1a/wish/177900391