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Peter I (Russian: Пётр I Алексеевич, romanized: Pyotr I Alekseyevich, IPA: [ˈpʲɵtr ɐlʲɪkˈsʲejɪvʲɪtɕ]; 9 June [O.S. 30 May] 1672 – 8 February [O.S. 28 January] 1725), known as Peter the Great, [note 1] was the Tsar of all Russia from 1682 and the first Emperor of all Russia from 1721 until his death in 1725.
Peter the Great. The government reforms of Peter I aimed to modernize the Tsardom of Russia (later the Russian Empire) based on Western European models. Peter ascended to the throne at the age of 10 in 1682; he ruled jointly with his half-brother Ivan V. After Ivan's death in 1696, Peter started his series of sweeping reforms.
Peter the Great became the new Tsar of Russia in 1682 and ruled until 1725. During his rule, Peter brought many reforms in order to open the window to Europe for Russia. [ 1 ] Economic reforms played an important role in the transformation of Russia.
From the speculative fiction novel The Third World War: The Untold Story by John Hackett: . Tsar Peter the Great in 1725, shortly after his annexation of five Persian provinces and the city of Baku, and just before he died, enjoined his successors thus: "I strongly believe that the State of Russia will be able to take the whole of Europe under its sovereignty… you must always expand towards ...
Moulton, James R. Peter the Great and the Russian Military Campaigns During the Final Years of the Great Northern War, 1719–1721 (University Press of America, 2005). Oakley, Stewart P. War and Peace in the Baltic, 1560–1790 (Routledge, 2005). Sumner, B. H. (1951). Peter the Great and the Emergence of Russia. The English Universities Press Ltd.
The Bronze Horseman, monument to Peter the Great. The city of Saint Petersburg was founded by Tsar Peter the Great on 27 May 1703. It became the capital of the Russian Empire and remained as such for more than two hundred years (1712–1728, 1732–1918). Saint Petersburg ceased being the capital in 1918 after the October Coup. [1]
From 1711 to 1917, the Governing Senate [a] was the highest legislative, judicial, and executive body subordinate to the Russian emperors.The senate was instituted by Peter the Great to replace the Boyar Duma and lasted until the very end of the Russian Empire.
[20]: 707–08 Peter's force of 80,000 marched to relieve the siege. [20]: 708 Upon his arrival, Peter built a fortified camp on the Vorskla, 4 km north of Poltava. [27]: 290 While observing the Russian position on 20 June, Charles was struck in the foot by a stray bullet that wounded him so severely that he could not stand.