Like Peter the Great before her and Tsar Alexander after her, Catherine came to power as a leader who at first looked capable of delivering real change but ultimately failed to transform Russia in the way that it most needed—by abolishing serfdom.
Why, despite the efforts of these accomplished leaders, did serfdom prove so difficult to eliminate?
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Yekaterina Alekseyevna, original name Marta Skowronska, (born April 15 [April 5, Old Style], 1684—died May 17 [May 6], 1727, St. Petersburg, Russia), peasant woman of Baltic (probably Lithuanian) birth who became the second wife of Peter I the Great (reigned 1682–1725) and empress of Russia (1725–27).
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Yekaterina Alekseyevna, original name Marta Skowronska, (born April 15 [April 5, Old Style], 1684—died May 17 [May 6], 1727, St. Petersburg, Russia), peasant woman of Baltic (probably Lithuanian) birth who became the second wife of Peter I the Great (reigned 1682–1725) and empress of Russia (1725–27).
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