Peter The Great

By Jake Davis

Abou

t Pet

er

Peter was 6’7” Born June 1672 and died February 1725

Started his reign at just under 10 years old in May of 1682

Ruled with his half brother Ivan the 5 th

Aimed towards modernizing Russia

Who

wer

e hi

s Ch

ildre

n

He had two wives Peter had 14 children, but only

three survived until adulthood

His oldest was Alexei Alexei seemed suspicious in

plotting to overthrow the Emperor

After being tried he finally

confessed soon after being

tortured He was sentenced to execution

only with the approval of his father

His father was trying to make his

decision, but died in prison, most

likely from the torture

Wha

t did

Pet

er

do?

One of his projects early was to build St. Petersburg

He is credited with dragging Russia out of a medieval state He centralized government

Modernized the army Created a navy His domestic policy allowed him to execute an

aggressive foreign policy

How

and

why

did

he

Cha

nge

the

Milit

ary

He created a navy as I said,

but there were a lot of steps

on the way He studied shipbuilding in

Zaandam and Amsterdam Given opportunity to gain

practical experience in the

largest shipyard in the world The navy was inspired

because he wanted to capture the Ottoman fortress of Azov.

Did

He S

trugg

le?

His older half sister Sophia wanted

the throne to herself, so she helped

Peter hoping she would schmooze

him into giving it over She would give Peter suggestions

from this window behind where he

was When Peter left the kingdom Sofia

built up a kingdom and Peter rose a

young army and soon attacked

Sophia’s kingdom When Peter turned 17 he was old

enough to run the kingdom by

himself He banished Sophia because of

what she had done and made her

become a nun.

My S

ourc

es

http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/peter_the_great.htm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_the_Great#cite_note-7