Catherine The Great: Peter III's TV Show

Catherine the Great, born in the year 1729 and died in 1796, deserves to have her own television show. Seeing as she is a well-accomplished leader and role-model who has achieved many goals throughout her lifetime proves that Catherine is more than a good candidate for a TV show. Catherine lived a life full of drama that will never fail to cause the viewers to blow through a whole season of in one night. This TV show would depict a powerful female ruler who faces the challenges of running an empire all by herself, while simultaneously maintaining her relationships and personal endeavors. The viewers would experience everything Catherine goes through and form opinions about the various people in her life including Catherine herself. They …show more content…
Peter III ruled Russia for six months in 1762 until he was sent to prison where he ended up dying. Throughout his rule, Peter III did not maintain his military or government and as a result, a group of his people formed a coup against him. Catherine the Great took the opportunity to exploit the movement against her husband for her own benefit. She gained the people’s support and began calling herself the sovereign ruler of Russia. She later arrested her husband and forced him to relinquish his position as emperor of Russia; thus, Catherine became the new leader of Russia. Catherine the Great ruled from 1762 – 1796 and in this time she focused on centralizing Russian government, expanding the empire, and gaining the loyalty and respect of the people. She reorganized provincial government, codified laws, and enacted state-sponsored education for boys and girls. As well as gaining power of the warm-water port on the Black sea in 1774 and seizing land from Poland. To gain the respect of her people, Catherine put together a group of delegates in 1767 that would help her know the people’s wishes and would contribute in making a Russian constitution, but unfortunately this attempt was not successful as it was seen as too