Peter the Great
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Peter I the Great  Russiapedia The Romanov dynasty Prominent ...  One of Russias greatest statesmen, Peter the Great the Tsar and first Emperor of Russia - was a man of unwavering willpower, extraordinary energy and...
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History of St. Petersburg, Russia: Peter the Great (short biography)  Portrait of Peter the Great Born: May 30 (June 9), 1672, Moscow. Died: January 28 (February 8), 1725, St. Petersburg. Crowned tzar of Russia on April 27, 1682;...
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Peter the Great - Tsar/Tsarina - Biography.com  Jul 8, 2014 ... Peter the Great was a Russian czar in the late 17th century, who is best known for his extensive reforms in an attempt to establish Russia as a great nation. ... Peter the Great - Legacy and Heirs (TV-14; 2:32) Before his death, Peter the Great failed to name his heir. ... Peter the Great ...
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St. Petersburg founded by Peter the Great - May 27, 1703 ...  After winning access to the Baltic Sea through his victories in the Great Northern War, Czar Peter I founds the city of St. Petersburg as the new Russian capital.
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Peter the Great - History Learning Site  Peter the Great is credited with dragging Russia out of the medieval times to such an extent that by his death in 1725, Russia was considered a leading eastern...
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Czar Peter I - Revolvy  Peter the Great ( Russian :   , tr. ... April) 1682 until his death, jointly ruling before 1696 with his elder half-brother, Ivan V . Through ... Peter's other half-brother, Ivan V, was next in line for the throne, but he was chronically ill and of infirm mind. ... Peter was not particularly concerned that others ruled in his name.
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FIRE AND KNOUT - Part Two: The Great Embassy - Peter the Great ...  Ever since Sophia's downfall, the former elite troops of the old Muscovite armies had ... Peter and his government wanted as few of them as possible in the capital, and the ... A true tsar sat enthroned in the Kremlin, remote, appearing only in great ..... Her sisters Martha and Catherine Miloslavskaya (also Peter's half-sisters)...
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The Reign of Peter the Great - Inquiries Journal  Peter the Great inherited a score of problems in the administration of his empire. Of course, through his well-known zest and ambition, he tried to solve most of them, ... the setting up of the Synod, the Westernization of the country and people, the ... that even the boyars had against Peter the Great's reforms by using religious...
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Peter I (Russia) facts, information, pictures | Encyclopedia.com ...  (16721725), known as Peter the Great, tsar and emperor of Russia, 16821725. The reign of Peter I is generally regarded as a watershed in Russian history, during .... more efficiently, while endorsing the concept of nobles as natural leaders of ... schools was the Moscow School of Mathematics and Navigation (1701; from...
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What were some of the accomplishments of Peter the Great ...  Peter the Great ruled Russia as Czar from 1682 until 1725. His accomplishments ... He died on February 8, 1725 without leaving a named heir. His second wife...
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Peter I (Russia) facts, information, pictures | Encyclopedia.com ...  (16721725), known as Peter the Great, tsar and emperor of Russia, ... On his return, he forced his boyars to shave off their beards and adopt Western dress. ... existing nobility to perform more efficiently, while endorsing the concept of nobles as .... whom he banished to a convent in 1699, and in 1712 to Catherine, a former...
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Peter the Great - Wikipedia  Peter the Great Peter I or Peter Alexeyevich ruled the Tsardom of Russia and later the Russian Empire from 7 May (O.S. 27 April) 1682 until his death, jointly ruling before 1696 with his elder half-brother, Ivan V. Through a number of successful wars he .... Peter became the sole ruler when Ivan died in 1696. Peter grew to be...
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Peter the Great - AutoCWW2  Peter the Great or Peter I (1672-1725), czar of Russia (1682-1725), whose military ... In early childhood he was taught by private tutors; later, with the aid of palace ... Peter shared the throne with his older half brother Ivan V, but in 1689 Peter's...
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Catherine the Great: Biography, Accomplishments & Death  Dec 16, 2013 ... Known more for her affairs of the heart than for affairs of state, she did, ... Catherine the Great, also known as Catherine II, was an empress of Russia who ... when her husband ascended to the throne as Peter III at the end of 1761. .... true father may have been Sergei Saltykov, one of Catherine's lovers).
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Peter the Great - Wikiwand  Peter the Great , Peter I or Peter Alexeyevich [a] ruled the Tsardom of Russia ... In 1721 the Treaty of Nystad ended what became known as the Great ... was made with Sweden, he was officially proclaimed Emperor of All Russia. ... Gavrila Golovkin, the State Chancellor, was the first to add "the Great, Father of His Country,...
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Peter the Great - Tsar/Tsarina - Biography.com  Jul 8, 2014 ... Russian czar Peter the Great was a skillful diplomat who abolished Russia's archaic ... During his reign, Peter undertook extensive reforms in an attempt to reestablish ... In 1712, Peter established the city of St. Petersburg on the Neva River and moved the capital there from its former location in Moscow.
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Peter the Great - Wikipedia  Peter the Great Peter I or Peter Alexeyevich ruled the Tsardom of Russia and later the Russian .... Peter later put his knowledge of shipbuilding to use in helping build Russia's navy. .... Father of His Country, Emperor of All the Russias" to Peter's traditional title Tsar following a speech by the archbishop of Pskov in 1721.
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THE ROMANOVS' FAVORITES ~ a Swede, Reinhold Gustaw von ...  He put young Peter II on the throne of Russia but was exiled after his intrigues to marry Peter II to his daughter & become .... Peter the Great's death mask by Bartolomeo Rastrelli, his favorite architect. .... Ivan V , Tsar of Russia who ruled with Peter I. He was born with ..... He was in good relations with his half-brother Pavel I.
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World Book Student | Print - World Book Online  Pushkin, Alexander (1799-1837), is considered Russia's greatest poet and, ... One of his great-grandfathers was a black Ethiopian courtier to the Russian ruler Peter ... of Czar Peter I. His greatest narrative poem, The Bronze Horseman (1833),...
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Peter the Great, Father of His Country, Emperor of All the Russias ...  As a child he played with boys from the Moscow suburb that where of humble birth and ... Home Peter The Great Father Of His Country Emperor Of All The Russias .... Peter declared war on Sweden, along with Denmark, Norway, Saxony, and Poland. ... On October 22, 1721 Peter I was acclaimed the Emperor of all Russia.
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Peter the Greator Peter I (1672-1725), czar of Russia (1682-1725 ...  In early childhood he was taught by private tutors; later, with the aid of palace ... Peter shared the throne with his older half brother Ivan V, but in 1689 Peter's...