Peter the Great

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Peter the Great
Brought to you by Sara and Hannah
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• Pyotr Alekseench Romanov who is presently known
  as Peter the Great, was born June9,1672 in Moscow
  Russia.His father Alexis, who died in January
  1676, left two widows. They were very mean to
  Peter. As a result, he looked at life and people
  in a cruel way. After Alexis died, Peters
  brother, Theodore III became emperor until his
  death in 1682.

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• Peters mother wanted him to be sole tsar of
  Russia, but Alexiss first wife didnt want Peter
  to rule alone.They wanted Peter and his half
  mentally challenged brother to joint rule. They
  both accepted as joint rulers. But since they
  were underage their sister Sophia, took over the
  position. She fell in love with Prince Golistin,
  who ruled as he wanted and very cruely.

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• Peter the Great thought that he could take on
  Golitsin. He did so in August 1689 at only
  seventeen years old. Sophia and Golitsin were
  thrown from power, and Peter the Great became
  Russias sole leader. He was emperor from 1689 to
  1725. He changed a great deal.

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• Peter the Great was almost seven feet tall and
  broad. Peter was violent, had a very big mouth,
  and was very powerful. Peter enjoyed
  shipbuilding, ship sailing, drilling, and sham
  fights. He learned to practice dentistry and how
  to be a carpenter. Peter even cut beards and put
  tax on them.

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• Peter the Great changed Russia a great deal. He
  was interested in naval science and enjoyed
  building boats. That is why Peter the Great
  started the first Russian army. Peter the Great
  was only promoted to skipper in his very own
  navy. Peter also modernized the army.

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• Russia was at war through most of Peters
  reign. In 1695 Peter tried to take over the
  Caspian Sea because he thought the White Sea was
  to narrow.
• This resulted in a war against the Turks and the
  Tatars. But Russia could not take on the Turks
  and the Tatars, and they ended up losing the war.
  So, Peter had to stay content with the White Sea.

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• In 1697, Charles XII, who was only fifteen at
  the time, became Sweden's monarch. Other monarchs
  thought he was weak. So, they tried taking away
  his territories. This caused the Great Northern
  War to start in 1700. Peter was friends with the
  Sweden monarchy until 1699, when he joined the
  alliance with Augusta Fredrick. In 1721, Russia
  had conquered Ingria, Estania, Livonia, Vyborg,
  Kexholm, some of Karelia, and the Baltic Sea.

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• Peter the Great made Russia into a European
  power. He introduced a lot of Western European
  scientific, technological, cultural, and
  political conceptions and practices. Russia had
  used the Gregorian calendar for more than 127
  years. In 1709 Peter changed the changed the
  Gregorian calendar to the Julian calendar. Russia
  had this calendar until 1917.

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• In 1924 Peter had an inflammation of the
  bladder. He died on January28, 1725. His wife
  Catherine succeeded him until her death in 1727.
  Then Peter II, Peter the Greats grandson, ruled
  until 1730 when he died of small pox at only
  seventeen years of age. Peter the Great changed
  Russia a great deal.

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