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1 day ago · Peter I ([ˈpʲɵtr ɐlʲɪˈksʲejɪvʲɪt͡ɕ]; Russian: Пётр I Алексеевич, romanized: Pyotr I Alekseyevich, [note 1]; 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, [note 2] from 1721 until his death in 1725.
1 day ago · Nicholas II (Nikolai Alexandrovich Romanov; [ d ] 18 May [ O.S. 6 May] 1868 – 17 July 1918) or Nikolai II was the last reigning Emperor of Russia, King of Congress Poland, and Grand Duke of Finland from 1 November 1894 until his abdication on 15 March 1917. He married Alix of Hesse (becoming known as Alexandra Feodorovna) in 1894 and had ...
5 days ago · Peter I, 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. He was one of Russia’s greatest statesmen, organizers, and reformers and made his country a world power.
- Peter the Great modernized Russia—which, at the start of his rule, had greatly lagged behind the Western countries—and transformed it into a major...
- Peter’s father, Tsar Alexis, died when Peter was four years old. At age 10 Peter became joint tsar with his half brother and, because of power stru...
- In 1689 Peter wed Eudoxia, but the marriage ended in 1698. He later became involved with the future Catherine I, a Baltic woman who had been taken...
- Peter suffered from bladder and urinary-tract problems, and in January 1725 [Old Style] he began having trouble urinating. Doctors removed a litre...
2 days ago · October 7, 2024 - 15:39. 4 minutes. By Guy Faulconbridge. MOSCOW (Reuters) -President Vladimir Putin was hailed a ‘tsar’ on his 72nd birthday on Monday by some supporters who said the former ...
2 days ago · Oct 7 (Reuters) - "God save the Tsar!" was one of the first public birthday wishes for President Vladimir Putin who turns 72 on Monday and who has been Russia's paramount leader for nearly quarter ...
2 days ago · Paul I of Russia, also known as Tsar Paul, reigned as Emperor of Russia from 1796 to 1801. He succeeded his mother, Catherine the Great , and immediately began a mission to undo her legacy. Paul had deep animosity towards his mother and her actions as empress.
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1 day ago · Leaders of Russia from 1276. Professor of Russian History, School of Slavonic and East European Studies, University of London. Author of Beyond Socialist Realism: Soviet Fiction Since Ivan Denisovich; A History of the Soviet Union,...
