PETER THE GREAT

ABOUT PETER I

• Tall
• Facial Tics
• Took awhile to gain independent power

EARLY REIGN

• Wanted to modernize Russia
• Opposing force was Ottoman Empire
• Navy

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• Met with King William III
• Painting by Sir Godfrey Kneller
• Had to leave because Rebellion by Streltsy

MODERNIZING THE WEST

• Made boyars upset
• Boyars-member of the Old aristocracy in Russia
• Boyars were next in rank under Prince

START OF A NEW CALENDER

• Got rid of old Russian calender
• Added Julian Calender

GREAT NORTHERN WAR

• Raged war on Sweden for Baltic Sea
• Sweden controlled by Charles XII
• Russia was ill-prepared
• Met with Polish leaders
• Engaged in a cannon shooting contest

GREAT NORTHERN WAR (CONT.)

• Polish defeated by Swedes
• Sweden invaded Russia
• Russia first win in Battle of Lesnaya
• Sweden invades Poland
• Swedes exile Charles, Russia takes Sweden

DEATH

• Died of Uremia February 8 1725
• Lived to be 53