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Oil painting of Peter the Great, emperor of Russia, shown from the waist up wearing armor and a sash, with one hand resting on a cane, against a dark background. Alexis Portrait of Tsarina Natalya Kirillovna Naryshkina wearing a dark headdress and cloak, with an ornate garment visible underneath. Map showing the territorial expansion of Russia from 1300 to 1796, with regions color-coded by the ruler or period of acquisition. The map highlights the principality of Moscow around 1300, its growth by 1462, and subsequent expansions under rulers such as Ivan III, Ivan IV, Peter the Great, and Catherine the Great, extending Russian territory across Eastern Europe and into Siberia. Major rivers, neighboring countries, and cities are labeled for geographic context. Peter I Alexis equestrian statue of Peter I Peter I The Bronze Horseman statue in Saint Petersburg, Russia, depicts Peter the Great on a rearing horse atop a large stone pedestal. Baltiysk
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Peter I

emperor of Russia
Also known as: Peter the Great, Pyotr Alekseyevich, Pyotr Veliky(Show More)
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Leonid Alekseyevich Nikiforov
Former Senior Scientific Associate, Institute of History of the U.S.S.R., Academy of Sciences of the U.S.S.R., Moscow. Author of Anglo-Russian Relations in the Reign of Peter I.
Leonid Alekseyevich Nikiforov
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Peter I (born June 9 [May 30, Old Style], 1672, Moscow, Russia—died February 8 [January 28], 1725, St. Petersburg) was the tsar of Russia who reigned jointly with his half-brother Ivan V (1682–96) and alone thereafter (1696–1725) and who in 1721 was proclaimed emperor (imperator). He was one of his country’s greatest statesmen, organizers, and reformers. Peter was the son of Tsar Alexis by his second wife, Natalya Kirillovna Naryshkina. Unlike his half-brothers, sons of...

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