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Peter the Great

Type Figure Region Russia Time 1672–1725 Also known as Peter I

Peter the Great was a Romanov tsar of Russia (born 1672, died 1725) who carried out military, administrative, and Westernizing reforms, founded St.…

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  1. 1672–1676Moscow · RussiaBorn in the Moscow Kremlin, son of Tsar Alexei and Natalya Naryshkina. He received a traditional Russian and rudimentary Western education in childhood and grew up amid court factional struggles, laying the groundwork for his later political career.
  2. 1676–1680Moscow · RussiaAfter his brother Feodor III acceded, Peter and his half-brother Ivan V were made co-tsars, with real power held by their sister Sophia as regent. Peter received military-game-style training in the mock regiment set up at a camp outside Moscow, developing a keen interest in Western technology and navigation.
  3. 1689–1725St. Petersburg · RussiaAfter the 1689 coup he ruled in his own name and traveled to Western Europe to study shipbuilding and warfare. He reformed the administration, army, taxation, and church, made St. Petersburg the capital, defeated Sweden in the Great Northern War, and in 1721 received the title of emperor, establishing Russia's great-power status.

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