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3 days 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.
4 days ago · Russia - Peter's Reforms, Tsars, Expansion: Peter’s unexpected death in 1725 at age 52 left unresolved two major institutional problems. The first was the succession to the throne, which remained unsettled not only because Peter did not choose his own successor but also because during the remainder of the century almost any powerful ...
2 days ago · Disappeared from The decree of Peter II of 1727 of the Russian Military Historical Archive (RGVIA) was sold at auction in France. This is reported by the Fontanka SPB-online telegram channel. The valuable historical document was put up for auction the day before with an initial price of € 1-1.2 thousand, and was sold for € 3.12 thousand.
3 days ago · However, subsequent rulers of the "Holstein-Gottorp dynasty"—the first of whom was Peter III, son of Charles Frederick, duke of Holstein-Gottorp, and Anna, daughter of Peter I—took the family name of Romanov.
2 days ago · Russia - The Petrine state: Formally, Peter changed the tsardom of Muscovy into the Empire of All Russias, and he himself received the title of emperor from the Senate at the conclusion of the peace with Sweden.
3 days ago · The Stolypin Land Reform. Russian Peasants, an early colour photograph, c. 1910. The dismantling of the village commune - the organizing kernel of the revolution on the land - was the most important of Stolypin's reforms.
3 days ago · Peter III of Russia: 4. Paul I of Russia: 9. Catherine II of Russia: 2. Nicholas I of Russia: 10. Frederick II Eugene, Duke of Württemberg: 5. Duchess Sophie Dorothea of Württemburg: 11. Princess Friederike of Brandenburg-Schwedt: 1. Alexander II of Russia: 12. Frederick William II of Prussia: 6. Frederick William III of Prussia: 13.
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