Peter the Great

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Peter the Great by Paul DelarocheEmperor of All RussiaReign2 November 1721C8 February 1725SuccessorCatherine ITsar of All RussiaReign7 May 1682C 2 November 1721Coronation25 June 1682PredecessorFeodor IIICo-monarchIvan VConsortEudoxia Lopukhina

Martha Skavronskaya Issueamong othersAlexei Petrovich, Tsarevich of Russia

Grand Duke Alexander

Anna, Duchess of Holstein-Gottorp

Empress Elizabeth of Russia

Grand Duchess Natalia

Full name

Peter Alekseyevich Romanov

HouseHouse of RomanovFatherAlexisMotherNatalya NaryshkinaBorn9 June 1672Moscow, Tsardom of RussiaDied8 February 1725 (aged52)Saint Petersburg, Russian EmpireBurialPeter and Paul CathedralReligionRussian Orthodox ChristianSignature INCLUDEPICTURE "http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/Peter_the_Great_Signature.svg/125px-Peter_the_Great_Signature.svg.png" \dPeter the Great (Russian: , tr. Pyotr Velikiy; IPA:[putr vjlikjj]), Peter I (Russian: I, tr. Pyotr I; IPA:[putr p[rvhj]) or Pyotr Alexeyevich (Russian: ; IPA:[putr PljksejjvjtU]; 9 June[O.S. 30 May]1672C 8 February[O.S. 28 January]1725)[a] ruled the Tsardom of Russia and later the Russian Empire from 7 May (O.S. 27 April) until his death, jointly ruling before 1696 with his half-brother. Through a number of successful wars he expanded the Tsardom into a much larger empire that became a major European power. He led a cultural revolution that replaced some of the traditionalist and medieval social and political systems with ones that were modern, scientific, westernized, and based on The Enlightenment.[1] Peter's reforms made a lasting impact on Russia and many institutions of Russian government traced their origins to his reign.