Peter the Great

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emperor of Russia human military leader monarch reformer tsar of Russia

Peter the Great was a transformative 17th–18th century Russian tsar and later emperor who modernized and expanded Russia into a major European power.

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Observed surface forms (4)

Surface form	Occurrences
Peter I of Russia	19
Peter I Alexeyevich	1
Pyotr Velikiy	1
Tsar Peter I of Russia	1

Statements (84)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	emperor of Russia ⓘ human ⓘ military leader ⓘ monarch ⓘ reformer ⓘ tsar of Russia ⓘ
aimedTo	turn Russia into a major European power ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Peter the Great ⓘ surface form: Peter I of Russia Peter the Great ⓘ Peter the Great ⓘ surface form: Pyotr Velikiy
birthDate	1672-06-09 ⓘ
birthPlace	Moscow ⓘ Tsardom of Russia ⓘ
burialPlace	Peter and Paul Cathedral, Saint Petersburg ⓘ surface form: Peter and Paul Cathedral St. Petersburg ⓘ surface form: Saint Petersburg
capitalMovedTo	St. Petersburg ⓘ surface form: Saint Petersburg
causeOfDeath	illness ⓘ
century	17th century ⓘ 18th century ⓘ
child	Alexei Petrovich, Tsarevich of Russia ⓘ Anna Petrovna ⓘ Tsarina Elizabeth of Russia ⓘ surface form: Elizabeth of Russia
conflictWith	Swedish Empire ⓘ
coronationDate	1682-06-25 ⓘ
coRulerWith	Ivan V of Russia ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	Russian Empire ⓘ Tsardom of Russia ⓘ
deathDate	1725-02-08 ⓘ
deathPlace	Russian Empire ⓘ St. Petersburg ⓘ surface form: Saint Petersburg
dynasty	House of Romanov ⓘ surface form: Romanov dynasty
era	early modern period ⓘ
father	Alexis of Russia ⓘ
foundedCity	St. Petersburg ⓘ surface form: Saint Petersburg
foundedInYear	1703 ⓘ
fullName	Peter the Great self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Peter I Alexeyevich
givenName	Peter ⓘ
house	House of Romanov ⓘ
implementedReformIn	administration ⓘ army ⓘ church-state relations ⓘ education ⓘ navy ⓘ
interestedIn	navigation ⓘ shipbuilding ⓘ
introducedPolicy	Russian alphabet reform ⓘ beard tax ⓘ creation of guberniyas (provinces) ⓘ creation of the Holy Synod ⓘ establishment of the Senate of Russia ⓘ
knownFor	Great Northern War ⓘ surface form: Great Northern War leadership Table of Ranks reform ⓘ administrative reforms ⓘ building a powerful navy ⓘ expansion of Russian territory ⓘ military reforms ⓘ modernization of Russia ⓘ westernization of Russian society ⓘ
languageSpoken	Russian ⓘ
legacy	transformation of Russia into an empire ⓘ
mother	Natalya Naryshkina ⓘ
nationality	Russian ⓘ
notableEvent	Grand Embassy to Western Europe ⓘ
occupation	military commander ⓘ ruler ⓘ
opponent	Charles XII of Sweden ⓘ
predecessor	Feodor III of Russia ⓘ
reignEnd	1725-02-08 ⓘ
reignStart	1682-05-07 ⓘ
religion	Eastern Orthodox Christianity ⓘ surface form: Eastern Orthodox Church
spouse	Catherine I of Russia ⓘ Eudoxia Lopukhina ⓘ
styleOfDress	Western European fashion ⓘ
successor	Catherine I of Russia ⓘ
title	Emperor of All the Russias ⓘ surface form: Autocrat of All the Russias Emperor of All the Russias ⓘ surface form: Emperor of All Russia Tsar of Russia ⓘ
traveledTo	Dutch Republic ⓘ England ⓘ Holy Roman Empire ⓘ Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth ⓘ surface form: Poland-Lithuania
victoryAt	Battle of Poltava ⓘ
warParticipatedIn	Great Northern War ⓘ
yearOfBattleOfPoltava	1709 ⓘ

Referenced by (103)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Tsarskoye Selo → foundedBy → Peter the Great ⓘ

Russian Empire → founder → Peter the Great ⓘ

Peter the Great → fullName → Peter the Great self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Peter I Alexeyevich

Amber Room → giftedTo → Peter the Great ⓘ

Peter II of Russia → grandfather → Peter the Great ⓘ

Peter III of Russia → grandfather → Peter the Great ⓘ

Ivan V of Russia → halfBrother → Peter the Great ⓘ

this entity surface form: Peter I of Russia

Ivan V of Russia → halfBrother → Peter the Great ⓘ

Great Northern War → hasCommander → Peter the Great ⓘ

House of Romanov → hasMember → Peter the Great ⓘ

this entity surface form: Peter I of Russia

Grand Embassy to Western Europe → hasParticipant → Peter the Great ⓘ

Alexei Petrovich, Tsarevich of Russia → heirOf → Peter the Great ⓘ

Table of Ranks reform → implementedBy → Peter the Great ⓘ

this entity surface form: Peter I of Russia

Grand Embassy to Western Europe → initiatedBy → Peter the Great ⓘ

Table of Ranks reform → initiatedBy → Peter the Great ⓘ

guberniyas (governorates) → introducedBy → Peter the Great ⓘ

subject surface form: guberniya

Tsardom of Russia → lastRuler → Peter the Great ⓘ

this entity surface form: Peter I of Russia

Tsardom of Russia → lastRuler → Peter the Great ⓘ

Grand Embassy to Western Europe → leader → Peter the Great ⓘ

Alexander Menshikov → monarchServed → Peter the Great ⓘ

this entity surface form: Peter I of Russia

Natalya Naryshkina → motherOf → Peter the Great ⓘ

this entity surface form: Tsar Peter I of Russia

Petergof → namedAfter → Peter the Great ⓘ

Petrine era → namedAfter → Peter the Great ⓘ

Shlisselburg → namedBy → Peter the Great ⓘ

Margarita Petrovna → notableRelative → Peter the Great ⓘ

Emperor of All the Russias → officeHolder → Peter the Great ⓘ

this entity surface form: Peter I of Russia

Charles XII of Sweden → opponent → Peter the Great ⓘ

Great Northern War → opponent → Peter the Great ⓘ

Grand Embassy to Western Europe → organizer → Peter the Great ⓘ

Grand Cascade → patron → Peter the Great ⓘ

this entity surface form: Peter I of Russia

Imperial Academy of Sciences in Saint Petersburg → patron → Peter the Great ⓘ

Marly Palace → patron → Peter the Great ⓘ

this entity surface form: Peter I of Russia

Monplaisir Palace → patron → Peter the Great ⓘ

Catherine I of Russia → predecessor → Peter the Great ⓘ

Marta Helena Skowrońska → predecessor → Peter the Great ⓘ

Marta Samuilovna Skavronskaya → predecessor → Peter the Great ⓘ

Imperial Russian administrative system → reformedBy → Peter the Great ⓘ

Anna of Russia → relative → Peter the Great ⓘ

Natalia Petrovna → relative → Peter the Great ⓘ

Marta Samuilovna Skavronskaya → secondWifeOf → Peter the Great ⓘ

Alexander Menshikov → servedUnder → Peter the Great ⓘ

Feodor III of Russia → sibling → Peter the Great ⓘ

this entity surface form: Peter I of Russia

Catherine I of Russia → spouse → Peter the Great ⓘ

this entity surface form: Peter I of Russia

Eudoxia Lopukhina → spouse → Peter the Great ⓘ

Marta Helena Skowrońska → spouse → Peter the Great ⓘ

Marta Samuilovna Skavronskaya → spouse → Peter the Great ⓘ

Eudoxia Lopukhina → spouseOfMonarch → Peter the Great ⓘ

Eudoxia Lopukhina → spouseTitle → Peter the Great ⓘ

this entity surface form: Peter I of Russia