<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catherine_the_Great" id="mwgA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Catherine the Great">Catherine the Great</a> becomes Empress of Russia following the coup against her husband, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_III_of_Russia" id="mwgQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Peter III of Russia">Peter III</a>.<sup about="#mwt36" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-5"}}' id="cite_ref-5" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./July_9#cite_note-5" id="mwgg" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 5;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mwgw">[5]</span></a></sup>
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