Answer:
Catherine II (The Great)
Step-by-step explanation:
The Empress Elizabeth first invited Catherine the Great to Russia so she might wed her heir, Peter. Her mother's stunning failure at court intrigue nearly caused everything to go wrong as she poured herself into being more Russian than the Russians. Sophie, not Catherine, was her first name.
Elizabeth passed away midway through the Seven Years War in 1760, and Peter took her place. He did, however, make peace with Prussia and essentially reversed all of Russia's victories. This, together with the fact that he was more interested in playing toy soldiers than in leading or in his wife, meant that a scheme was quickly being hatched. The plan was to install Catherine on the throne in her place, and the instigator was a former soldier named Grigory Orlov.
When a guard unintentionally divulged the scheme to an officer who was not involved in it, everything reached a head in 1762. Unexpectedly, the race began. Orlov hastily roused Catherine, who then rode out to meet troops who were friendly to her while dressed in a uniform. She first met Grigory Potemkin at this time, who would go on to have a significant impact on her life. The coup succeeded, and the Tsar was imprisoned because he was too complacent to take the coup seriously until it was too late.
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