Before Figen left for Russia, Frederick entertained and watched the princess at a banquet in Berlin. He then claimed that he had seen signs of greatness in Figen from a young age.
Figen’s journey entered Russia, starting from Riga to St. Petersburg, and then to Moscow. On February 9, 1744, he finally met Queen Elizabeth. The empress immediately fell in love with him. Figgen began to study Russian and Orthodox teachings. Finally, he left the Lutheran faith and was listed by a new name: Ekterina or Katherine.
Nevertheless, her future husband was very far from expectations. Peter is known as a person who is physically and mentally weak and bad. He could not even improve his marriage with Katherine. Elizabeth did not realize that the problem was in Peter, and instead made a young couple immediately have offspring for the continuity of the dynasty.
When the effort never succeeded, Elizabeth finally blessed Katherine’s relationship with a beautiful Russian officer Sergey Saltikov. From these relations, Katherine gave birth to a boy named Paul, who was later recognized by Peter his son. As soon as his birth, Paul immediately went to the residence of Queen Elizabeth and was brought up by the Empress, as if his biological child.
Catherine and Peter have never loved each other. When Queen Elizabeth died on December 25, 1761, Peter climbed the throne as Emperor Peter III. He immediately showed excessive obsession with Prussian culture, establishing an alliance, which actually harmed Russia. He ordered the elite empire to replace the typical form of Peter Agung with a dense Prussian form.
Moreover, he also imposed strict military rules, imitating the Prussia system. This increases hatred from the military and wider community. In a short time, Peter became a figure that various layers did not like. So far, finally, on June 28, 1762, Katherine headed a coup, which was called for relief. She officially overtakes her husband.
Catherine climbed the throne as the new Russian Maharani. On September 22, 1762, he was called extraordinary splendor in the Kremlin of Moscow, the heart of Russian cultural and Orthodoxy. A few months later, Peter was killed by the lover of Ekaterina Orlov, his relatives and followers. Soon the name of Peter was forgotten. To strengthen her position, Katherine gave various important positions, land, wealth and slaves to his faithful supporters.
