Peter the Great

Born

June 9, 1672

Died

January 28, 1725 (aged 52)

Known as

ruler, statesperson, carpenter

Peter I, known by the epithet the Great, was the tsar of all Russia from 1682 to 1721, and the first emperor of Russia from 1721 until his death in 1725. He reigned jointly with his brother, Ivan V, from 1682 until Ivan's death in 1696.

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