Peter I of Russia

**Peter the Great**
	tsar and 1st Emperor, founder of the Russian Empire
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Name in native language	Пётр I;
Date of birth	30 May 1672 (in Julian calendar); Moscow; Романов Пётр Алексеевич
Date of death	28 January 1725 (in Julian calendar); Saint Petersburg
Cause of death	gangrene;
Place of burial	Peter and Paul Cathedral;
Country of citizenship	Tsardom of Russia; Russian Empire;
Occupation	ruler; statesman;
Member of	French Academy of Sciences;
Position held	Tsar of All Russia (1682–1721); Emperor of all the Russias (1721–1725);
Field of work	politics of Russia;
Native language	Russian;
Noble title	Emperor of all the Russias;
Family	House of Romanov;
Father	Alexei I of Russia;
Mother	Natalya Naryshkina;
Sibling	Natalya Alexeevna of Russia; Tsarevna Yevdokia Alekseyevna of Russia; Catherine Alekseyevna of Russia; Maria Alekseyevna of Russia; Marfa Alekseyevna of Russia; Feodosia Alekseyevna of Russia; Ivan V of Russia; Feodor III of Russia; Tsarevich Alexei Alexeyevich of Russia; Tsarevich Dmitry Alexeyevich of Russia; Tsarevich Simeon Alexeyevich of Russia; Sophia Alekseyevna of Russia;
Child	Alexei Petrovich, Tsarevich of Russia; Anna Petrovna of Russia; Elizabeth I of Russia; Natalia Petrovna; Pyotr Petrovich; Natalia Maria Petrovna; Alexander Petrovich; Pavel Petrovich Romanov; Katherine Petrovna Romanov; Margaret Petrovna Romanov; Paul Petrovich Romanov;
Spouse	Eudoxia Lopukhina (1689–); Catherine I of Russia (1707–);
Present in work	Civilization VI;
Award received	Order of the White Eagle (1712); Order of St. Andrew; Order of the Elephant; Order of the White Eagle;
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Portraits[edit]

English: Portrait by Godfrey Kneller (1698). Given as a gift to the British monarchy

Русский: Худ. Дж. Неллер
English: Portrait by Carel de Moor (1717)

Русский: Худ. К. де Моор
English: Portrait by J.-M. Nattier (1717)

Русский: Худ. Ж.М. Натье

Life[edit]

Childhood in Russian Tsardom[edit]

Петр I в детстве. "Корень великих государей" (Титулярник). 1673 г
Никита Зотов обучает Петра I разным наукам. Миниатюра из Истории Петра I П. Крекшина

Moscow Uprising of 1682 / Стрелецкий бунт 1682 года[edit]

Double reign of Ivan V and Peter I / Двойное правление Ивана V и Петра I[edit]

Coronation of Ivan V & Petr I. June 25, 1682
Ivan V and Peter I's coronation book
Monomakh's Cap of second order
Sophia Alekseyevna
Peter I, Ivan V and Sofia's medal

Youth[edit]

Peter I and Ivan V
Hunting

First marriage[edit]

Eudokia Lopukhina
Tsarevich Alexandr (2nd son) birth icon

German Quarter[edit]

Peter I in a foreign dress
Anna Mons' house
Lefort

War games[edit]

Creating the fleet[edit]

Grand voyage[edit]

Petr the Great in Holland

Second mutiny[edit]

Morning of streltsy's beheading
Sofia Alexeevna in jail

New way of life[edit]

Cutting of beards
Masquerade
New fashion
Handcrafting
New alphabet

Emperor[edit]

Building Peterbourg[edit]

On the battlefield[edit]

Siege of Nöteborg (1702)
Narva (1704)
Poltava (1709)
Treaty of Nystad celebration in Moscow

Court life[edit]

Кубок Большого Орла. Худ. В. Серов
Ассамблея при дворе Петра I
Петр I на прогулке в Летнем саду. Худ. А. Бенуа (1910)

Second wife and family[edit]

1st wife already is the nun
Peter I and Catherine I wedding (1712)
Catherine I (2nd wife)
Daughers Anna and Elizabeth
Tsarevich Petr Petrovich
Peter the Great Interrogating the Tsarevich Alexei Petrovich

Death[edit]

Monuments[edit]

Monument to Peter the Great in St Petersburg (1782).
The Peter the Great Monument in the city of Taganrog (sculptor: Mark Antokolski)
Peter I as a carpenter. Monument in St. Petersburg
The Peter the Great Monument in the city of Taganrog (sculptor Mark Antokolski) as appears on a 19th century postcard.
Czar Peter I of Russia (Peter the Great) memorial, Riga, Latvia.