Catherine the Great - Empress Catherine at Last - Extra History - Part 3

📜 History of Catherine the Great, Part 3
When the conspiracy to seat Catherine on the throne of Russia was exposed, she had to move quickly. While Peter III blundered through a day of miscommunications, Catherine swiftly seized power, secured the loyalty of the army, and demanded his abdication.

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[LeiosLabs]

You know all those incompetent bosses in video games? Yeah, they are modeled after Peter.

[clivewhaley]

Catherine is preparing a very elaborate and effective coup against Peter

*Peter is playing violin*

[snakes]

The Moral of the story of Peter III: Never piss off your wife when she's smarter, and more popular with the people, the army, and the church then you are

[ColonelZoren]

"You're not even Russian" Catherine: "I AM the Russia!" *force lightning*

[xavierreichel]

Fun Fact: Peter's reign was only six months long.

[RothurThePaladin]

"Ill read it later"
Mistakes were made.

[Pikazilla]

*Captin', are we doing the coup yet?
*...what?
*Oh never mind...
under arrest.

[NormalChannel]

When your wife takes custody of the Country....

[MusicGamesEverything]

Imagine being Peter III when suddenly someone comes to tell you

"You know your wife who you've disregarded and mostly forgotten about? Yeah, she just deposed you"

[IcewhipRoxx]

Every time Peter ignored a warning, it made me laugh. It also made me think that they could have taken a week's vacation and still would have had enough time to get the job done!

[timothymclean]

"Hey, boss, I heard that the conspiracy against the emperor's been found out."
"...What?"
"You know, that someone loyal to the emperor heard about the plot to dethrone him."
"Well, they have now."

[SharpVCN]

"She takes him by the elbow"
*What elbow*

[Excelsius_Cerell]

oh my make this a Movie! How can reallife be this intense!?

[brandonmccorkle]

Peter did a terrible job leading Russia. This enraged Catherine, who punished him severely.

[difficulties]

Peter: I will die for my country

Catherine: That can be aranged

[benjaminpilosov]

I thought you were really accentuating Catherine's bellybutton before I realized it was a C

[chrisgonzales]

Peter: Do you not know me?! I’m your emperor!
Men: We no longer have an emperor! Long live Empress Catherine the II!


OOF

[LazerusAbenenduli]

It is unbelievable how idiotic Peter was

[giovannadallarosa]

"Don't you know me? I'm your emperor!"
"We no longer have an emperor. Long live Catherine the second!"

No idea who that dude is, but he's got my respect.

[pokemonmaster]

I love how while everyone in the conspiracy is freaking out over the fact that they might have hours to live, Peter really doesn't even take any of it seriously.