In modern society, the rights of men and women are equal, but in ancient times, this was not the case, the ancients paid attention to women to three from four virtues, and men can have three wives and four concubines, which in itself is an unfair phenomenon, there are also women in history who have done great things, such as Mulan, Fan Lihua, Liang Hongyu are famous female generals, and Cixi has been in charge of the qing dynasty for decades, although there is no emperor's name, but in fact there is no difference with the emperor, and the only female emperor in Chinese history, Wu Zetian, has created the Tang Dynasty.
And in Europe, the status of women is not high, European women at that time can not join the army, they think that women's participation in the army is a kind of blasphemy against the military profession, but there is an empress in European history is very powerful, her name is Catherine II, is one of the most famous empresses in Europe, when she was in charge of the Russian Empire, three times divided Poland, but also fought with Turkey when the Black Sea coast, annexed Crimea, so that Russia became the most powerful country in Europe.
Catherine II, whose original name was Sophia, was born in Prussia into an aristocratic family, her father was made duke by Germany, it is reasonable to say that she as a German nobleman can never be related to Russia, but at the age of 13, the fate changed, Sophie's cousin Peter was the grandson of Peter the Great of Russia, and was later selected by the Russian Empress Yelisavita to become the heir to the Russian throne, when many German noblewomen wanted to become empresses, and sent their portraits to St. Petersburg.
Sophia waited at home for a year, and finally waited for a letter from the empress, which asked Princess Sophia to go to Russia as a guest, and also gave him a check of 10,000 rubles as an expense along the way, on February 9, 1744 AD, Princess Sophia arrived in Moscow, but due to the water and soil, Sophia soon fell ill, Russia wanted to ask the priest to pray for her, but Princess Sophia insisted on using Orthodox etiquette to find the priest, which made the Russian Palace feel good about Princess Sophia. After she recovered from her illness, she married Crown Prince Peter.
But after marriage, the relationship between the two did not get along, although they gave birth to a son Paul, but both sides have their own lovers, in order to plan for the future, Sophia decided to have a palace coup, but the empress at that time was still alive, so she did not dare to act rashly, in 1761, Empress Elizabeth died, Peter succeeded to the throne, but soon Sophia launched a coup to the throne and became the ruler of the Russian Empire.
At that time, although the Russian Empire was strong on the surface, but in fact it was full of holes, the treasury was empty, the trade was withered, the army was slack for many years, in order to strengthen the strength of the Russian Empire, Sophia renamed herself Catherine II, put forward a lot of governing policies, soon the strength of the Russian army became more and more powerful, she divided Poland three times, and also fought with Turkey, so that Russia's strength became the strongest in Europe, Catherine II said when she was alive, if I can live to 200 years old, All of Europe will kneel at my feet.