Pyotr Andreyevich, Count Tolstoy

Pyotr Andreyevich, Count Tolstoy (born 1645, Russia—died 1729, Solovetsky Monastery, Solovetsky Island, in the White Sea, Russian Empire) was a diplomat and statesman who was a close collaborator and influential adviser of Peter I the Great of Russia (reigned 1682–1725). The son of Andrey Vasilyevich Tolstoy, a court official, Pyotr Tolstoy became a stolnik, or steward, for Tsar Alexis. In May 1682 he helped make Sophia Alekseyevna the regent for her brothers, Alexis’ two sons,...