Peter the Great

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Peter the Great
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Peters Birth

• Peter the Great was born in Moscow on June
  9,1672. He is the son of Czar Alexis I, who ruled
  Russia from 1645 until 1676.

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Peters Childhood

• Peters education ended at age 10. As a child,
  Peter enjoyed playing games. Peter learned Dutch
  and was very fluent at it. Peter started as a
  tsar at age 10.

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Peters Family

• Peter the Great married twice. His first wifes
  name was Eudoxia. He had eleven children. Many,
  however, died at birth.

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Peters Desire for Russia

• Peter wanted a strong, educated army and navy.
  He had a large desire to expand Russia. He tried
  to make Russia modern like Europe. He also shared
  rule of Russia with his half brother Ivan V at
  the start of his reign.

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Peters Tour

• Peter went to Europe for a tour in 1697. He was
  amazed with the technology of Western Europe. He
  then wanted to make Russia more like Europe.

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Great Northern War

• A large part of Peters reign was spent involved
  in the Great Northern War. After winning the war
  with Sweden, Russia was called an empire and
  Peter the Great was named the emperor and also
  gained access to the Baltic Sea and the Baltic
  trade.

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Saint Petersburg

• During the Great Northern War, Peter built a new
  capitol, Saint Petersburg, in the early 1700s.
  Saint Petersburg was like a European city with
  elegant places, public squares, and canals. It
  was founded on May 16, 1703. It was the capitol
  of Russia for more than 200 years. It is Russias
  second largest city.

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Peters Death

• In 1724, Peter jumped into the Gulf of Finland
  to save a soldier whos ship had been stuck on a
  sandbar. He caught a cold, and became very ill.
  Peter then died on February 8, 1725.

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