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Peter The Great is born on
Peter was born on June 9 1672 in Moscow Russia, to Alexis I of Russia and his mother Nataliya Naryshkina. Peter was the 14th sibling of the family and would not be the last. -
Peter and His Half Brother Ivan the V become jointly crowned as rulers of Russia
Peter and his brother Ivan the V are jointly crowned because Ivan V is severally sick and because of the sickness lacked the drive and intuition to strive Russia in the right direction, so when appointed Peter and Ivan the V shared the crown, hoping that Ivan would die and Peter could take complete control -
Peter takes complete control of the crown
In February 1696 Ivan the V died from the long fought battle against disease and physical disabilities, thus having Peter crown himself as Tsar of all Russia -
Peter The Great Travels to Europe
Peter The Great travels to Europe to learn about the European customs and manufacturing techniques, Peter was the first Czar to travel among Western Heretics. To keep incognito to the western people Peter dressed as an ordinary worker to keep his identity secret to the Westerns. -
The Rebellion of Streltsy
While away in Europe a revolution occurred causing the lives of over 2,500 Russian solders, Streltsy or Russian marksmen were fed up with orders received from Moscow, Russia and decided to kill the administrators and boyars giving the orders, The Russian army received detail about the army rebellion early ceasing the revolt, Peter returned home from Europe and tortured the rest of the Streltsy that remained from the battle, after he tortured them he hung bodies out for display -
Peter demands an increase in education
When returned home from Europe Peter demanded that the Russian people and government express the need for technolgical advancement to meet up to pas with the countries towards the West -
The Great Northern War
The Great Northern War occurred in the Baltic States with Peter pushing his way to the Waterfront to establish a port which would allow the Russians to trade with other countries, This war would last for 21 long years with the Russian emerging victorious in the end goal -
Peace with the Ottoman Empire
The Treaty of Constantinople was signed on Jully 13, 1700 ending the Russo-Turkish War, this ended the clashing of war from 1986-1700, before signing the treaty Peter reached out to Western countries to overthrow the Ottoman Empire, but countries like France and England had been at peace with the ottoman's and didn't want to brake the treaties. -
St. Petersbrug founded
When advancing through Western Europe through Sweden they captured the fortress of Nyenskans and immediately started building the city of St. Petersburg in honor of Peter -
Serfs killed because of Foundation of St. Petersburg
During the process of building of St. Petersburg the labor used to build the city was serfs or lower class servants, the conditions when building the city was horrible the city didn't have solid ground to build on, the terrain was a swamp. This caused an estimation of 25,000 to 100,000 serfs to die because of disease and working conditions, after the city was built peter forced many Lords and Nobels to move to St. Peterburg to populate the city -
Peter Begins to fall ill
Peter began to fall Ill in 1723 with a urine infection which caused him to have immediate surgery removing urine from his body, Peter never did recover from the surgery but still remanded in control of Russia -
Peter The Great Dies but His Dream Still lives on
Peter the Great fell ill with Uremia at the beginning of 1725 and began to fall into a coma, he later died on February 8, 1725, but Peter goals of Russia being a dominate country still lived, Peter gave the Russian people hope of success and World domination
