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But, above all, it shifted the center of power in northern Europe from Stockholm to St. Petersburg and turned Russia into an empire, with its tsar, Peter the Great, becoming its first emperor.

For example, after Catherine I died the crown skipped her daughters and went to Peter the Great’s grandson through Alexei. This Tsar, called Peter II, was a child alcoholic who died on his ...

The figure of Emperor Peter the Great, as well as the era of his formation and reign, still excites the minds of people all over the world. The creators answer the questions of how to take the ...

grandson of Peter the Great and heir to the Russian throne. The marriage was unhappy, but the couple did produce one son, Paul. In 1762 Catherine's husband became Tsar Peter III but he was soon ...

The exposition, dubbed ‘Peter the Great. The Birth of Empire,’ is designed ... Peter I was Russia’s last tsar (1682-1721) and first emperor (1721-1725) under whose rule a regular army ...

St. Petersburg, Russia Founded by Tsar Peter the Great in 1703, and the second largest city in Russia (behind Moscow), St. Petersburg is a world-class destination. Aspects of this city make it one ...

The Moscow Kremlin Museums, in cooperation with Great Britain, are preparing an exhibition about the era of Czar Peter the Great MOSCOW, March 21. /TASS/. The Moscow Kremlin Museums, in ...

A few weeks later, the committee recommended that the Ministry of Culture should reconsider the status of Poltava's monuments commemorating the Russian tsar Peter the Great and Russia’s victory ...

The last tsar of the previous dynasty ... and son followed father generation after generation until Peter the Great took the title of emperor and declared that his wife Catherine I would succeed ...