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Peter the Great of Russia

Peter I
Peter der-Grosse 1838.jpg
Portrait by Paul Delaroche, 1838
Emperor of All Russia
Reign 2 November 1721 –
8 February 1725
Successor Catherine I
Tsar of All Russia
Reign 7 May 1682 – 2 November 1721
Coronation 25 June 1682
Predecessor Feodor III
Co-monarch Ivan V
Born (1672-06-09)9 June 1672
Moscow, Tsardom of Russia
Died 8 February 1725(1725-02-08) (aged 52)
Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire
Burial Peter and Paul Cathedral
Consort
Issue
among others
Full name
Peter Alekseyevich Romanov
House Romanov
Father Alexis of Russia
Mother Natalya Naryshkina
Religion Russian Orthodoxy
Signature Peter I's signature
Full name
Peter Alekseyevich Romanov

Peter the Great (Russian: Пётр Вели́кий, tr. Pyotr Velikiy; IPA: [ˈpʲɵtr vʲɪˈlʲikʲɪj]), Peter I (Russian: Пётр I, tr. Pyotr I; IPA: [ˈpʲɵtr ˈpʲɛrvɨj]) or Peter Alexeyevich (Russian: Пётр Алексе́евич; IPA: [ˈpʲɵtr ɐlʲɪˈksʲejɪvʲɪtɕ]; 9 June [O.S. 30 May] 1672 – 8 February [O.S. 28 January] 1725) 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 expanded the Tsardom into a much larger empire that became a major European power. He led a cultural revolution that replaced some of the traditionalist and medieval social and political systems with ones that were modern, scientific, westernized, and based on The Enlightenment. Peter's reforms made a lasting impact on Russia and many institutions of Russian government trace their origins to his reign.

The imperial title of Peter the Great was the following:

By the grace of God, the most excellent and great sovereign prince Pyotr Alekseevich the ruler all the Russias: of Moscow, of Kiev, of Vladimir, of Novgorod, Tsar of Kazan, Tsar of Astrakhan and Tsar of Siberia, sovereign of Pskov, great prince of Smolensk, Tversk, Yugorsk, Permsky, Vyatsky, Bulgarsky and others, sovereign and great prince of Novgorod Nizovsky lands, Chernigovsky, of Ryazan, of Rostov, Yaroslavl, Belozersky, Udorsky, Kondiisky and the sovereign of all the northern lands, and the sovereign of the Iverian lands, of the Kartlian and Georgian Kings, of the Kabardin lands, of the Circassian and Mountain princes and many other states and lands western and eastern here and there and the successor and sovereign and ruler.


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