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=__Script.__= media type="custom" key="4649829"Hey my name is F.T. and this is the story of Peter the Great of Russia. Peter was born May 30, 1672 and was the son of Alexei 1. when he was only 10 years old he succeded his brother ivan, and became the next tsar or ruler of russia. One of the things that made Peter's stand out from other rulers was his physical stature. He was a big man standing at 6 ft 8 who, unlike previous Russian monarchs, was not afraid of physical labor. He became an experienced army officer and navy admiral, and a skilful shipbuilder. Although peter is often shown in a good light he is also sometimes referenced as being very mean. Several coup attempts against him ended with mass executions. He even personally interrogated his own son, whom he suspected of plotting against him, and installed him as the first inmate of a high security political jail in the Peter and Paul fortress. Even after all that though, the scale of Peter's achievments and massive reforms have inspired generations writers and ordinary Russian people.  When Peter finally took control of the Throne in 1682 One of his main concerns was to modernize russia. To do this he tried to reorginize the army to more modern standerds and wished to make russia a major maritime power. he even went so far as to make nobles shave their beards and wear modern clothing. He ended up facing much opposition to these policies, but brutally suppressed any and all rebellions against his authority. examples include the rebelling of streltsy, one of his advisors and including the greatest civil uprising of his reign, the Bulavin rebellion. To improve his nation's position on the seas, Peter sought to gain more maritime outletsPeter attempted to acquire control of the Black Sea, but to do so he would have to expel the tartars from the surrounding areas. He was forced to wage war against the crimiean Khan and against the Khan's overlord, the Ottoman Sultan. In the summer of 1695 Peter organized the azov campain in order to take the fortress, but his attempts ended in failure. on july 12 he built the first succsful naval base of russia, Taganrog. 

Another one of Peter's main goals was to regain access to the Baltic Sea and Baltic trade. In 1700 he started the, the northern war with sweden which lasted for 21 years, and resulted in Russia taking the lands on the Baltic coast as its spoils of war. During the course of the war St Peters burg was founded in 1703 on the delta of the Neva River and the city rapidly grew to become a major seaport, as Russia gained greater and greater access to European trade routes.

In 1712 Peter moved the Russian capital to St. Petersburg and continued to put all the country’s resources into the construction of what he called his European paradise. When the Northern War ended in 1721 Russia was declared an Empire and Peter proclaimed himself the Emperor. After this, Peter continued his political and economic reforms. He went so far as to reorganize the government and established the Senat as the highest government along with 10 semi-ministries Peter also introduced a new poll tax, which gave him funding for an active foreign policy and to boost national manufacturing and trade**.** Peter became the first leader to organize a regular Russian army and founded the Russian navy.

Peter finally died at around five in the morning on February 8, 1725. An autopsy later revealed that his bladder was infected with gangrene. He was fifty-two years old when he died, having reigned for forty-two years. Peter was eventually buried in the peter and paul Cathedral in St. Petersburg.  

May 30, (1672-1725) Son of tsar Alexei 1 His brother (Ivan the 5) was in line lto become the next tsar which is a slavic term for a Monarch ot ruler. Peter succeeded his brother because he was sickly and not right in the head, and Peter became the new tsar at ten years of age, but because of his youth; was exercised by his half-sister Sofia. In 1689 he was able to asert his position as tsar and take total control, but his sister led a rebellion because of this verdict and in the conflict many of peter's reletives were murdured.Peter forced Sophia to enter a convent, where she gave up her name and position as a member of the royal family. Peter was also forced to marry at this time but the marriage was the opposite of good, so he forced her to become a nun, which made him free of her. []
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when Peter's mom died in 1694 Peter became an independent sovereign. Peter grew to be quite tall as an adult, especially for the time period. Standing at 6 ft 8 in height, the Russian tsar was literally head and shoulders above his contemporaries both in Russia and throughout Europe. Peter, however, lacked the overall proportional heft and bulk generally found in a man that size. Both Peter's hands and feet were small, and his shoulders narrow for his height; likewise, his head was also small for his tall body. Added to this were Peter's noticeable facial tics, and, judging by descriptions handed down, he may have suffered from a form of epilepsy.

Peter's first acts as a tsar were to modernize russia. tried to reorginize the army to more modern standerds and wished to make russia a major maritime power. He faced much opposition to these policies, but brutally suppressed any and all rebellions against his authority. examples include the rebelling of streltsy, Bahikirs, Astrakhan and including the greatest civil uprising of his reign, the Bulavin rebellion. he even went so far as to make nobles shave their beards and wear modern clothing. To improve his nation's position on the seas, Peter sought to gain more maritime outletsPeter attempted to acquire control of the Black Sea, but to do so he would have to expel the tartars from the surrounding areas. He was forced to wage war against the crimiean Khan and against the Khan's overlord, the Ottoman Sultan. In the summer of 1695 Peter organized the azov campain in order to take the fortress, but his attempts ended in failure. on july 12 he built the first succsful naval base of russia, Taganrog.

Peter knew that Russia could not face the Ottoman Empire alone. In 1697, he traveled incognito to Europe on an 18-month journey with a large Russian delegation led the Grand Embassy the European monarchs. Peter's hopes were dashed; france was a of the Ottoman Sultan, and er to maintain peace in the east whilst conducting its own wars in the west. Peter, furthermore, had chosen the most inopportune moment; the Europeans at the time were more concerned about Who would succede the Spanish King Charles the 2 than about fighting the Ottoman Sultoan

Peter made a temporary peace with the [|Ottoman Empire] that allowed him to keep the captured fort of Azov, and turned his attention to Russian maritime supremacy. He sought to acquire control of the Baltic Sea, which had been taken by [|Sweden] a half-century earlier. Peter declared war on Sweden, which was at the time led by King [|Charles XII]. Sweden was also opposed by [|Denmark-Norway], [|Saxony]  , and the  [|Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth].

Russia turned out to be ill-prepared to fight the Swedes, and their first attempt at seizing the Baltic coast ended in disaster at the [|Battle of Narva] in 1700. In the conflict, the forces of Charles XII used a blinding snowstorm to their advantage. After the battle, Charles XII decided to concentrate his forces against the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, giving Peter I time to reorganize the Russian army. As the Poles and Lithuanians on one side and Swedes on the other fought each other, Peter founded the city of [|Saint Petersburg] ( [|Germanically] named after [|Saint Peter the Apostle] ) in [|Ingermanland] (province of [|Swedish empire], which he had captured) in 1703. He forbade the building of stone edifices outside Saint Petersburg – which he intended to become Russia's capital – so that all the stonemasons could participate in the construction of the new city. He also took [|Martha Skavronskaya] as a mistress. Martha converted to the [|Russian Orthodox Church] and took the name Catherine, allegedly marrying Peter in secret in 1707. In any case Peter valued Catherine and proceeded to marry her again (this time officially) at [|Saint Isaac's Cathedral] in [|Saint Petersburg] on 9 February 1712. Peter, overestimating the support he would receive from Balkan allies, attacked the Ottoman Empire, initiating the [|Russo] Turkish war of 1710. Normally, the Boyar Duma would have exercised power during his absence. Peter, however, mistrusted the boyars; he instead abolished the Duma and created a Senate of ten members. Peter's campaign in the Ottoman Empire was disastrous, and in the ensuing peace treaty, Peter was forced to return the Black Sea ports he had seized in 1697. In return, the Sultan expelled Charles XII, but Russia was forced to guarantee safe passage to the Swedish king.  Peter I's last years were marked by further reform in Russia. On 22 October 1721, soon after peace was made with Sweden, he was acclaimed //Emperor of All Russia//. Some proposed that he take the title //Emperor of the East//, but he refused. [|Gavrila Golovkin], the State Chancellor, was the first to add "the Great, Father of His Country, Emperor of [|All the Russias] " to Peter's traditional title [|Tsar] following a speech by the archbishop of [|Pskov] in 1721. He felt that too many able Russian men were being wasted away by clerical work when they could be joining his new and improved army. And in 18th century Russia, few people (men and women) lived to over a half century, therefore very few men became monks during Peter's reign, much to the dismay of the Russian Church.  In 1725, construction of [|Peterhof], a palace near Saint Petersburg, was completed. Peterhof ( [|Dutch] for "Peter's Court") was a grand residence, becoming known as the "Russian [|Versailles] ". Peter died between four and five in the morning 8 February 1725. An [|autopsy] revealed his bladder to be infected with [|gangrene]. He was fifty-two years, seven months old when he died, having reigned forty-two years. <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-themecolor: text1;">

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