Catherine the Great's effort to codify Russian Law along enlightened models was abandoned after:
A)the Russian nobility threatened to revolt.
B)her husband,Peter III,was assassinated.
C)the Ottomans suddenly invaded.
D)a massive peasant revolt intervened.
E)Catherine herself decided to pursue enlightened reforms through the more efficient means of royal decree.

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Catherine the Great's effort to codify Russian law along enlightened models, known as the Nakaz, was abandoned after a massive peasant revolt, Pugachev's Rebellion, erupted in 1773. The rebellion undermined Catherine's confidence in the enlightenment philosophy and convinced her that imposing reforms from above would be risky. As a result, she shied away from further attempts to modernize Russia through sweeping legal changes.

Catherine the Great's Effort to Codify Russian Law Along Enlightened