HISTORY
ABSOLUTISM AND REVOLUTION
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promoted the emancipation of serfs
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strengthened the role of the Duma and centralized royal power
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shared their power with the Russian Orthodox Church
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pursued a policy of westernization and expansion
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Detailed explanation-1: -He married the future Catherine the Great in 1745. Empress Elizabeth arranged the pairing, and was anxious for Peter to have an heir. She chose Catherine (then a minor German Princess named Sophie), and the couple wed when Peter was 17 and Catherine was 16. It was a miserable marriage from the start.
Detailed explanation-2: -Catherine II, called Catherine the Great, reigned over Russia for 34 years-longer than any other female in Russian history. As empress, Catherine westernized Russia. She led her country into full participation in the political and cultural life of Europe. She championed the arts and reorganized the Russian law code.
Detailed explanation-3: -He created a strong navy, reorganized his army according to Western standards, secularized schools, administered greater control over the reactionary Orthodox Church and introduced new administrative and territorial divisions of the country.