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.

Legend has it that Russian czar Peter the Great once kissed the forehead of an embalmed child, mistaking it for a slumbering baby. That lifelike infant was one of the many treasures in Frederik Ruysch ...

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 ...

A historical film about the life and state activities of Tsar Peter I ... ending with the adoption of the title of emperor by Peter the Great in 1721.

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 ...

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 ...

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Peter the Great, having become Tsar of Russia, using his shipbuilding knowledge acquired in a foreign country to establish a navy, and being able to use it, provokes a war with Sweden, defeating ...

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