Peter the Great

Jessica Ciona

About Peter the Great• Born: June 9,1672, Moscow. • Died: February 8, 1725, St. Petersburg at the age of 52• He was crowned Tsar of Russia on April 27, 1682• He then became Emperor of Russia on October 22, 1721• His full name was Peter Alekseyevich Romanov• His parents were Alexis I and Natalya Naryshkina• Ivan the 5th and Peter the Great ruled together before Ivan

died• Peter the Great was very interested in Westernization

Peter’s Toy Army• Peter was fascinated with armies and war techniques from a

young age.• At the age of 13 he created his toy army of children• He had a little over 300 children in his army• The fort he built for this army was just a little outside of

Moscow.• Wars fascinated Peter and his toy army probably helped him

with wars in the future.

Peter’s Accomplishments• Peter the Great created the first Russian Navy• He expanded Russian trading across seas• He reformed the Russian military to one of the greatest

forces in the world.• He established the city of St. Petersburg• Peter started to modernize and westernize Russia

Peter’s Children• Peter the Great had two wives• He had 14 children between both of them• His oldest son was Alexei and he was next in line to the

throne.• Peter’s most important children in Russian history were: Elizabeth of Russia Tsarevich Alexei Petrovich of Russia Anna Petrovna of Russia Grand Duchess Natalia Petrovna of Russia Grand Duke Alexander Petrovich of Russia

The Great Northern War• A good portion of Peter’s time as Tsar was spent involved in

the Great Northern War.• He wanted control of the Baltic Sea, which had been taken by

the Swedish Empire a half-century earlier.• Because of the new reformed military system Peter the Great

put in place for Russia, the Russians won the Great Northern War against Sweden.

Sources• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_the_Great#Children• http://www.saint-petersburg.com/history/peter1st.asp• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toy_army_of_Peter_the_Great