On June 28, 1762, with the support of the Imperial Guard, she overthrew her husband Peter III. She was crowned Empress of All Russia on September 22, 1762, in the Dormition Cathedral of the Moscow Kremlin. Her rule was one of the most prosperous periods of the Russian Empire. She undertook a wide range of internal political reforms, waged two successful wars against the Ottoman Empire and occupied vast territories on Russia's southern boundaries, eventually advancing the country's border to the Black Sea.
She died on November 6, 1796, and was buried in the Cathedral of the St. Peter and St. Paul Fortress in St. Petersburg.
Biography and image from The Florida International Museum WWW exhibit
"The Treasures of the Czars"
Denga (Cu)
1763 Uzd-067
Denga (Cu)
1765-75,
Cu VIII
2 Kopecks (Cu)
1765-79, 1789-91, 1793-1795
Cu VIII
5 Kopecks (Cu)
1763-95
Cu VIII
Polushka (Cu)
1796
Cu X
Denga (Cu)
1796
Cu X
1 Kopeck(Cu)
1796
Cu X
2 Kopecks (Cu)
1796
Cu X
4 Kopecks (Cu)
1796
Cu X
5 Kopecks (Cu)
1796
Cu X
10 Kopecks (Cu)
1796
Cu X