Peter+the+Great

=Peter the Great = -Ruled: 1682 to 1725 -Tsar of: Russia -Gained the throne because his older brother Theodore III died -Religion: Protestant -(Mainly Positive) He reorganized the government, boosted national manufacturing trade, and was the first leader to put together a Russian Regular Army and Navy. He brought them into The Northern War with Sweden, yet Peter's personality and reforms inspired many. -He was a big, strong man, who was not afraid of physical labor. Also has been said that Peter was very cruel. -Was Most famous for: Modernizing and Reforms, that would inspire people of the future. And making people shave their beards, and taxed those who chose to keep theirs.



"//I have conquered an empire but I have not been able to conquer myself.//" (Peter the Great)