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  1. 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.

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  2. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Peter_SarafPeter Saraf - Wikipedia

    Saraf is the son of the late film producer and director, Irving Saraf. [3] Irving Saraf, who was born in Poland and raised in Israel, won an Academy Award for the documentary film, In the Shadow of the Stars, in 1991. [1] Peter graduated from Wesleyan University in 1988.

  3. Peter was born in Saint Petersburg on 23 (O.S. 12) October 1715. His father was the only living son of Peter the Great. His mother was well-connected to European royalty, and through her, Peter was a first cousin of Empress Maria Theresa of Austria. Peter's mother died when he was only ten days old.

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    Nevertheless, by right of birth Alexei was still Peter's official heir. The tsar was burdened by this situation, especially since his new wife, the future Empress Catherine I, had borne him a son in 1715. Historian Mikhail Ryzhenkov writes that in that year Peter publically handed Alexei a letter in which he rebuked him for "not being interested in...

    Vice Chancellor von Schönborn of the Holy Roman Empire later remembered that in November 1716 the fleeing Russian tsarevich had barged in on him and begged him to persuade Emperor Charles VI to permit him to stay in Austria. "He will save my life. They want to kill me," Alexei is reported to have said. Charles gave him asylum but, as Ryzhenkov writ...

    At first Peter indeed announced his reconciliation with the tsarevich, although ordering him to renounce the throne for himself and his heirs. Alexei renounced it happily. "Thank God I have been deprived of the inheritance!" Alexei wrote to Afrosinia. "God grant us to live happily in a village."

    It is unclear how valid Afrosinia and Alexei's testimonies concerning his participation in the conspiracy were, since they were extracted through torture. There is no other proof of his guilt. Mikhail Ryzhenkov doubts that the tsarevich was guilty. "The fact that in Vienna Alexei was considered an important figure in the political game does not mea...

  4. Tsar Peter proclaimed his son Peter as the heir, but he died in 1719. Peter and his half-brother Ivan V had both produced many daughters, and the heir was not obvious. Peter’s grandson by Aleksei, Petr Alekseevich, was alive and healthy.

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  5. Oct 2, 2023 · He was the son of Tsar Alexis (1629-1676) and his second wife Natalya Kirillovna Naryshkina (1651-1694). Although he was the third son of Tsar Alexis, his birth was welcomed with much fanfare as his older half-brothers, Feodor (1661-1682) and Ivan (1666-1696), were both sickly and weak.

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  7. Oct 12, 2023 · Peter I of Russia (Peter the Great, l. 1672-1725) was the Tsar of Russia from 1682 to 1721 and the Emperor of Russia from 1721-1725. The lasting impression of Peter's long reign is the significant changes he brought to Russia due to his various reforms that transformed every aspect of Russian life. Peter the Great.

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