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peter the great
Born in 1672 & named for a saint, in 1703 he founded a city whose name represents both of them
Trivia about peter the great
In 1695 he declared war on the Ottoman Empire, a great move
Anna Ivanovna, empress of Russia from 1730 to 1740, was the niece of this great ruler
In 1682 he came to the throne at the age of 10, along with his weak-minded half-brother, Ivan V
This "Great" czar got rid of his powerful half-sister Sophia by sending her off to a convent
In 1709 Sweden was defeated by this Russian czar in the Battle of Poltava, losing its dominance in the Baltic area
This "Great" czar thought his son Alexis was conspiring to overthrow him, so he ordered him tortured
Not so great--in 1725, this czar died unable to name a successor; he wrote, "Give everything to..." & never finished
This "great" Russian czar tricked his wayward son Alexis into coming home--bad move for Alex
This czar may have been "great", but biographer Robert K. Massie says he was deathly afraid of cockroaches
This czar died in the Russian city he named for his patron saint February 8, 1725
In 1712 this Russian czar moved his capital to St. Petersburg
Not England's Elizabeth I, but Russia's Elizabeth I was the daughter of this "Great" czar
Actress Laetitia Cross did more than cross paths with this "great" czar when he visited London
He was the son of Czar Alexis by his second wife Natalya
This czar gave Russia a "window to the west" when he built a new capital on land taken from Sweden
Sweden's major power status ended with defeat by this czar in the 1709 battle of Poltava
He was born June 9, 1672, the son of Czar Alexis I Mikhailovich
In 1696 this Russian czar conquered the Ottoman port of Azov on the Black Sea; awesome! Again the wrong word
From 1682 to 1689 he shared the throne with his half-brother Ivan V
This "Great" czar forced his first wife, Eudoxia, to become a nun, but she gave up the veil & romanced Stepan Glebov
This "Great" Russian czar's 43-year reign, 1682-1725, was the longest in the Romanov line
In 1699 this czar forced his noblemen to shave off their beards & adopt Western dress
Did a lot of "great" things for Russia: 1682-1725
In 1698 this Russian czar founded Taganrog; 5 years later he founded a better-known port
Famous for his determined policy of "Westernization", this "great" guy was czar of Russia in 1708
Elizabeth Petrovna, the daughter of this czar, became empress of Russia in 1741
This "Great" Russian czar sent his wife Eudoxia off to a convent (he preferred his German mistress, Anna Mons)
In 1718 Alexis Petrovich was accused of plotting to kill this czar, his father
In 1699 this czar created Russia's flag based on that of the Netherlands
One bio of this "Great" czar says he carried dental instruments around with him because he loved to pull teeth
Pushkin was part black; one of his great-grandfathers was an Ethiopian general of this "great" Czar
The original Amber Room in Russia's Catherine Palace had amber panels given by the king of Prussia to this czar in 1716
In the first decade of the 18th century, this Russian czar taxed beehives, coffins & beards
The Great Northern War of 1700-1721 pitted Sweden's King Charles XII against this great czar
Maximilian Schell starred in an Emmy-winning 1986 mini-series about this reformist czar
This "Great" czar, born in 1672, was prone to violent anger & sometimes beat his subordinates with a stick
Moscow ceased for a time to be the capital of Russia when this ruler built a new capital on the Baltic Coast
As a teenaer this "Great" guy ruled Russia jointly with his sickly half-brother Ivan
It was under this czar that Russia went on the Julian calendar used in the West; he liked Western stuff
When his half-brother died in 1696, he became the sole ruler of Russia
Leibniz, an inventor of calculus, was an adviser to this "Great" Russian czar
Of Ivan the Terrible, Peter the Great or Nicholas II, the one ruling when Ben Franklin was born
In 1766 Etienne-Maurice Falconet was called to Russia to make a huge equestrian sculpture of this man
In 1701 the school of Mathematics & Navigation was founded in Moscow by this "Great" leader
(Cheryl of the Clue Crew reads from Russia.) Here at the east end of the Baltic, a palace known as the Russian Versailles was built by this man who opened Russia to the West
...of this man, who in 1703 founded what is now Russia's largest port on a Swedish fort site on the Gulf of Finland
In 1703 Bering joined the Russian Navy, newly formed by this czar
Founded by this "Great" guy, the Life Guards protected Russia's royalty through the end of the Romanovs
At 43 years, the reign of this founder of the Russian navy was the longest of any czar
Born 1672, died 1725, built Russia's second-largest city