Why Was Catherine the Great an Unlikely Contender for the Russian

question 40

Multiple Choice

Why was Catherine the Great an unlikely contender for the Russian throne?

• A) She was German.
• B) She was Protestant.
• C) She was married in to the Romanov family.
• D) She was a woman.
• E) All of these.

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