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Peter I of Russia
b.8 Jun 1672 Moscow, Moscow, Russia
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m. 1 Feb 1671
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Peter the Great, Peter I or Pyotr Alexeyevich Romanov ( – ) ruled the Tsardom of Russia and later the Russian Empire from until his death, jointly ruling before 1696 with his half-brother. In numerous successful wars he expanded the Tsardom into a huge empire that became a major European power. According to historian James Cracraft, he led a cultural revolution that replaced the traditionalist and medieval social and political system with a modern, scientific, Europe-oriented, and rationalist system.
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