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Peter I ( [ˈpʲɵtr ɐlʲɪˈksʲejɪvʲɪtɕ]; 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.
Peter I ( Serbian Cyrillic: Петар I Карађорђевић, romanized : Petar I Кarađorđević; 11 July [ O.S. 29 June] 1844 – 16 August 1921) was King of Serbia from 15 June 1903 to 1 December 1918. On 1 December 1918, he became King of the Serbs, Croats and Slovenes, and he held that title until his death three years later.
The All-Joking, All-Drunken Synod of Fools and Jesters [Notes 1] (1692 [1] –1725) [Notes 2] was a club founded by Peter I of Russia. The group included many of Peter's closest friends, and its activities centered mostly around drinking and reveling. The group was not without controversies; some of its parodies against the Russian Orthodox ...
Government reform of Peter the Great. The government reforms of Peter I aimed to modernize the Tsardom of Russia (later the Russian Empire) based on Western European models. Peter ascended to the throne at the age of 10 in 1682; he ruled jointly with his half-brother Ivan V. After Ivan's death in 1696, Peter started his series of sweeping reforms.
Peter the Great: His Life and World is a 1980 text written by Robert K. Massie. The book won the 1981 Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography.
Peter I the Great 1672–1725 Tsar/Emperor of Russia r. 1682–1725: Catherine I 1684–1727 Empress of Russia r. 1725–1727: Karl Leopold 1678–1747 Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin: Catherine 1691–1733: Frederick William 1692–1711 Duke of Courland: Anna 1693–1740 Empress of Russia r. 1730–1740: Charlotte Christine of Brunswick-Lüneburg ...
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Fyodor Romodanovsky. Prince Fyodor Yuryevich Romodanovsky ( Russian: Фёдор Юрьевич Ромодановский; ca. 1640 – 1717) was one of Peter the Great 's foremost assistants in the task of modernizing Russia. He served as the country's first head of secret police, operating the Preobrazhensky prikaz [ ru] from 1686 to his death.