How was Catherine the Great — a foreign-born German princess — able to convince a regiment of Russian soldiers and high Russian Orthodox Church officials to support her coup after only a few years married to the emperor?

by RusticBohemian
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How was a foreign-born German princess able to overthrow a foreign-born German duke? There's always more to be said, but you may be interested in /u/kieslowskifan's answer to How did the German-born Katherine get Russian troops, priests and nobles to help her overthrow her Russian Romanov husband and install her as sole Empress?