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1 day ago · Peter I (Russian: Пётр I Алексеевич, romanized: Pyotr I Alekseyevich, IPA: [ˈpʲɵtr ɐlʲɪˈksʲejɪvʲɪtɕ]; 9 June [O.S. 30 May] 1672 – 8 February [O.S. 28 January] 1725), was Tsar of all Russia from 1682, and the first Emperor of all Russia, known as Peter the Great, from 1721 until his death in 1725.
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- Willem Mons
Willem Mons (1688 – 26 November 1724) was private secretary...
- Russo-Persian War of 1722–1723
The Russo-Persian War of 1722–1723, known in Russian...
- Sophia
Sophia Alekseyevna (Russian: Со́фья Алексе́евна, IPA:...
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Peter II, the son of Tsarevich Alexei, took the throne but...
- Saints Peter and Paul Cathedral, Saint Petersburg
The Peter and Paul Cathedral (Russian: Петропавловский...
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3 days ago · The first prisoner confined in the fortress was Peter the Great‘s own son, Tsarevich Alexei Petrovich, who was accused of treason and held there in 1718 before his death after torture in the Trubetskoy Bastion. Over the next two centuries, the dungeons housed many more notable political prisoners, including:
2 days ago · In the early 16th century the 270-foot (82-meter) bell tower of Ivan the Great was built; it was the tallest building in Russia at the time. When the tsar Peter the Great moved Russia’s capital to St. Petersburg in 1712, the Kremlin continued to be a ceremonial and religious site. Coronations and weddings still took place there, but all ...
4 days ago · In 1714, Tsar Peter I sent a military expedition to Khiva to test the strength of his Central Asian neighbors. Better prepared and equipped, the 6,000-strong detachment of Prince Alexander...
- Boris Egorov
2 days ago · Gerasim Izmailov, author of the first detailed map of the Aleutian Islands, founder of the first permanent Russian settlement in America. Otto von Kotzebue, circumnavigator, discoverer of a number of Pacific islands and Kotzebue Sound on Alaska. Gavriil Pribylov, discoverer of the Pribilof Islands. Grigory Shelikhov.
4 days ago · ‘One would like to take Peter the Great’s old cudgel out of the museum and belabour them in the Russian way.’ Peter the Great Interrogating the Tsarevich Alexei Petrovich (1871) by Nikolai Ge. Source.
1 day ago · Peter transformed the tsardom into an empire, and fought numerous wars that turned a vast realm into a major European power.
