1. Sleeps at Peterhof before the coup

    · Monplaisir Palace, Peterhof, Russia

    Sleeps at Peterhof before the coup
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    On the eve of the coup against Peter III, Catherine was at Peterhof before being summoned toward Saint Petersburg. Date follows the source’s court-era calendar wording.

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