Corbist princess. A story from childhood and youth of Catherine II

In February 1744, an event occurred, extremely important for the subsequent history of Russia. In St. Petersburg, accompanied by her mother, Princess Sofia Augustus Frederick Angalt-cord arrived. Sofia Augustus Frederick (or, as they called her domestic, fica) on the way to Russia set up two important lessons: to perfectly master the Russian language and customs and learn to like it. Fica succeeded. Outstanding abilities allowed her to occupy the throne of the Russian Empire for 34 years. However, before becoming Catherine the Great, the German princess had to go through many tests. But she was not one of those who surrendered ... The book of Natalia Manaseina is dedicated to the early years of Sofia Augusta Frederica and her path from little Fic to the most famous empress of our country. The author tells fascinatingly and reliably what the Alangal Tserbst Princess was in childhood, how difficult it was and grew up in the provincial German town of Stettin, "I am proud that I am Russian".
About her dreams, significant meetings, hopes and disappointments, about the first years in the Russian court, dramatic relations with her husband Peter III and the palace coup, as a result of which she came to power