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	Peter the Great - MSN Encarta
		Peter the Great or Peter I (1672-1725), tsar and, later, emperor of Russia (1682-1725), who is linked with the Westernization of Russia and its rise as a great power.
		Peter was born in Moscow of the second marriage of his father, Alexis I, who ruled Russia from 1645 to 1676.
		Peter, who had spent his early teen years away from the capital playing at soldiering and learning about boatbuilding, was acknowledged as the real ruler of Russia, although Ivan retained his position as co-tsar.
	encarta.msn.com /encyclopedia_761563341/Peter_the_Great.html (1486 words)

	Grand Embassy of Peter I - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Officially, the Grand Embassy was headed by the "grand ambassadors" Franz Lefort, Fedor Golovin and Prokopy Voznitsyn.
		Peter I conducted negotiations with Duke of Courland and concluded an alliance with Kurfürst of Brandenburg.
		Peter the Great and part of the mission also went to Great Britain for 3 months, where the tsar conducted negotiations with William III of England, acquainted himself with shipbuilding, visited shipyards and artillery plants, and recruited foreign specialists.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Grand_Embassy_of_Peter_I (374 words)

	Russia's Reforming Tsar: Peter the Great
		Peter stood with his mother on the Red staircase leading to the Facets Palace in the Kremlin and watched in sheer terror as his supporters were flung from the top of the staircase to be impaled by the halberds of the guardsmen below.
		Peter’s half brother Ivan denounced all claims to the throne and Sophia was sent off to a nunnery for the rest of her life.
		Peter had made many enemies among the nobility with his reforms, and some of these dissidents began to look to Alexis as their leader against Peter and the new Russia he was building.
	members.tripod.com /~Nevermore/peter.html (2479 words)

	Peter the Great - Printer-friendly - MSN Encarta
		As the Grand Embassy progressed across the continent Peter also took trips of his own, most notably to the British Isles, and obtained firsthand knowledge of Prussia, Holland, England, the Habsburg Empire, and the Baltic provinces of Sweden.
		The streltsy, who had made a bid to depose Peter in favor of Sofia, were defeated before Peter's return, but the tsar acted with exceptional violence and severity.
		With the beginning of the new century, Peter changed the old Russian calendar to the Julian calendar used in the West; henceforth years were to be counted from the birth of Christ, not the creation of the world, and they were to commence on the first of January, not the first of September.
	encarta.msn.com /text_761563341___6/Peter_the_Great.html (496 words)

	Peter and Russian History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-01)
		Peter replaced the hereditary and elective systems of succession with a system of personal nomination coupled with the right to revoke; that is to say he re-established succession by testament, legalized a situation for which no law existed, and retarded constitutional law by returning to the patrimony system of succession.
		Peter did nothing to change the organization of society which had been set up by the past law codes, nor did he alter a division of classes which was based on obligations to the state, nor did he attack serfdom.
		Peter's faith in the miraculous power of education, and his respect for scientific knowledge, inspired the servile with little understanding of the meaning of civilization; this understanding grew slowly, and was eventually transformed into a desire for truth and liberty.
	mars.wnec.edu /~grempel/courses/russia/lectures/13peter2.html (2625 words)

	Peter the Great
		The whole system of Peter was deliberately directed against the chief evils from which old Muscovy had always suffered, such as dissipation of energy, dislike of cooperation, absence of responsibility, lack of initiative, the tyranny of the family, the insignificance of the individual.
		Peter had resolved to crown his consort empress, and on the 15th of November 1723 he issued a second manifesto explaining at some length why he was taking such an unusual step.
		Peter's claim to greatness rests mainly on the fact that from first to last he clearly recognized the requirements of the Russian nation and his own obligations as its ruler.
	www.nndb.com /people/599/000078365 (3074 words)

	HIST 565 Sample Lesson - Imperial Russia and the Soviet Union
		Peter the Great or Peter I (1672-1725) commanded attention from the moment of his birth, memorialized by a medal inscribed "Great Hope of the Future," till our own day when the citizens of Leningrad recently voted to rename their city St. Petersburg, the official name from its foundation in 1703 until 1914.
		Peter's reign, nominally begun at age nine in 1682, did not actually start until 1689 or later when he ousted Sophia, began seriously experimenting with sailing craft on lakes in 1692 and on the sea at Arkhangel'sk in 1693 and 1694, and did not attend his mother's funeral in 1694.
		The Grand Embassy to Northern Europe for sixteen months in 1697-98 displayed Peter's determination to meet rulers such as William of Orange (William III of England), August II, Elector of Saxony and elected king of Poland, Emperor Leopold I of Austria, and Frederick III, elector of Brandenburg and later king in Prussia.
	www.kuce.org /isc/previews/hist/hist565_lesson.html (1837 words)

	Peter I. the Great (1672-1725) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-01)
		Peter's aim, therefore, was to overtake the developed countries of western Europe as soon as possible, in order both to promote the national economy and to ensure victory in his wars for access to the seas.
		Peter was the first ruler of Russia to sponsor education on secular lines and to bring an element of state control into that field.
		Peter's reign and the reforms he instituted are analyzed in Sergei M. Solov'ev, Publichnyia chteniia o Petrie Velikom (1872, reissued 1984), by a famous Russian historian; B.H. Sumner, Peter the Great and the Emergence of Russia (1950, reissued 1972); Reinhard Wittram, Peter I, Czar und Kaiser, 2 vol.
	www.hfac.uh.edu /gbrown/philosophers/leibniz/BritannicaPages/PeterGreat/PeterGreat.html (4312 words)

	Russia - Early Imperial Russia
		The embassy was cut short by the attempt to place Sofia on the throne instead of Peter, a revolt that was crushed by Peter's followers.
		Peter was unsuccessful in forging a European coalition against the Ottoman Empire, but during his travels he found interest in waging war against Sweden, then an important power in northern Europe.
		Peter changed the rules of succession to the throne after he killed his own son, Aleksey, who had opposed his father's reforms and served as a rallying figure for antireform groups.
	countrystudies.us /russia/4.htm (2876 words)

	RUSNET :: Encyclopedia :: P :: Peter I: Internal reforms
		Peter's aim, therefore, was to overtake the developed countries of Western Europe as soon as possible, in order both to promote the national economy and to ensure victory in his wars for access to the seas.
		Peter established a regular army on completely modern lines for Russia in the place of the unreliable streltsy and the militia of the gentry.
		Peter was the first ruler of Russia to sponsor education on secular lines and to bring an element of state control into that field.
	www.rusnet.nl /encyclo/p/peter_I_int.shtml (1723 words)

	Saint Petersburg
		It was Peter's desire that his new capital should not be surpassed in brilliance by the capitals of Western Europe.
		Although Peter the Great was kindly disposed to the Catholic community, the Holy Synod, an administrative ecclesiastical board that he had created, was constantly suspicious of them.
		This one remained behind in the employ of the French embassy and was permitted to hold services for his countrymen in a chapel designated for the purpose.
	www.catholicity.com /encyclopedia/s/st_petersburg.html (1608 words)

	Military history of Imperial Russia information - Search.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-01)
		Peter I, a child of the second marriage of Tsar Aleksey, was at first relegated to the political background, as various court factions struggled to control the throne.
		In 1730 Peter II succumbed to smallpox, and Anna Ivanovna, a daughter of Ivan V, who had been co-ruler with Peter, ascended the throne.
		Although he was a grandson of Peter the Great, his father was the duke of Holstein-Gottorp, so Peter III was raised in a German Lutheran environment.
	www.search.com /reference/Military_history_of_Imperial_Russia (3062 words)

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		During the regency of Sophia, sister of Peter the Great, he was sent to the Amur to defend the new Muscovite fortress of Albazin against the Chinese.
		In 1689 he concluded with the Celestial empire the treaty of Nerchinsk, by which the line of the Amur, as far as its tributary the Gorbitsa, was retroceded to China because of the impossibility of seriously defending it.
		In Peter's grand embassy to the West in 1697 Golovin occupied the second place immediately after Lefort.
	encyclopedia.jrank.org /correction/edit?locale=en&content_id=28935 (281 words)

	Peter the Great of Russia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-01)
		Peter the Great (1672 - 1725) was proclaimed Tzar at age 10, but due to a power struggle had to rule under the patronage of his sister Sofia.
		Peter sent Russians to be educated in the West, and imported skilled labour, military and administrative experts from abroad.
		Peter was a big strong man, 2,04 meters (6' 8'' inches) tall, and unlike previous monarchs, not afraid of physical labour.
	www.didyouknow.cd /peter.htm (321 words)

	History of RUSSIA (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-01)
		From the moment of his return from the Grand Embassy, in 1698, Peter makes it dramatically plain that he intends to westernize Russia's hide-bound oriental society and that he will be ruthless in achieving his purpose.
		Her successor Anna, a daughter of Peter the Great's half-brother Ivan V, is the only weak character among the four.
		Elizabeth, reigning from 1741 to 1762, brings back the vigorous mood of Peter the Great - appropriately, since she is a daughter of Peter and of Catherine I. Russian interests are now energetically pursued again, particularly in opposition to Prussia in the early stages of the Seven Years' War.
	www.historyworld.net /wrldhis/PlainTextHistories.asp?groupid=2382&HistoryID=ac14 (2828 words)

	Peter I of Russia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-01)
		Peter, the son of Alexei Mikhailovich of Russia and his second wife, Nataliya Kyrillovna Naryshkina, was born in Moscow.
		Peter forced Sophia to enter a convent, where she gave up her name and position as a member of the royal family.
		In 1699, Peter also abolished the traditional Russian calendar, in which the year began on 1 September, in favor of the Julian calendar, in which the year began on 1 January.
	www.knowledgehunter.info /wiki/Peter_I_of_Russia (2999 words)

	Peter1
		Peter I the Great, tsar of Russia from 1682 and emperor from 1721, one of his country's greatest statesmen, organizers, and reformers.
		Peter died in St. Petersburg on February 8 (January 28, O.S.), 1725, leaving an empire that stretched from Arhangelsk (Archangel) on the White Sea to Mazanderan on the Caspian and from the Baltic Sea to the Pacific Ocean.
		Peter II At the beginning of Peter's reign, Russia was backward by comparison with the countries of western Europe.
	members.fortunecity.com /timhaapa/rombio-06.htm (3999 words)

	Peter Behrens Summary
		Peter Behrens (1868-1940) was Germany's foremost architect in the early 20th century, as well as a painter and designer.
		Peter Behrens was a paradox of the architectural policy during the Third Reich as he remained head of the Department of Architecture at the Prussian Academy of Fine Arts in Berlin.
		Peter Behrens was a pioneer in everything he did in the first half of the 20th century and his ideas were spread around the world by his students, especially by Walter Gropius, Mies van der Rohe and Le Corbusier.
	www.bookrags.com /Peter_Behrens (857 words)

	Peter Lance, Crisscrossed \| TPMCafe
		Peter, in my judgment, confuses self-promotion with analysis and is prone to jump to conclusions not supported by actual evidence.
		Peter thinks that writing about something that has been in the public domain for almost six years is a first-time revelation.
		Peter also is wrong with his claim that USAJFKSWCS is the advanced training school for officers of the Green Berets and Delta Force.
	www.tpmcafe.com /blog/coffeehouse/2006/nov/20/peter_lance_crisscrossed (2520 words)

	AllRefer.com - Russia - Peter the Great and the Russian Empire - The Era of Palace Revolutions \| Russian Information ...
		The embassy was cut short by the attempt to place Sofia on the throne instead of Peter, a revolt that was crushed by Pete r's followers.
		Under Peter, the army drafted soldiers for lifetime terms from the taxpaying population, and it drew officers from the nobility and required them to give lifelong service in either the military or civilian a dministration.
		The best illustration of Peter's drive for Westernization, his break with traditions, and his coercive methods was his construction in 1703 of a new, architectu rally Western capital, St. Petersburg, situated on land newly conquered from Sweden on the Gulf of Finland.
	reference.allrefer.com /country-guide-study/russia/russia20.html (1732 words)

	RUSNET :: Encyclopedia :: P :: Peter I
		Russian in full Pyotr Alekseyevich, byname Peter the Great, Russian Pyotr Velikytsar of Russia, who reigned jointly with his half-brother Ivan V (1682-96) and alone thereafter (1696-1725) and who in 1721 was proclaimed emperor (imperator).
		Peter was the son of Tsar Alexis by his second wife, Natalya Kirillovna Naryshkina.
		It is probably significant to his development that his mother's former guardian, Artamon Sergeyevich Matveyev, had raised her in an atmosphere open to progressive influences from the West.
	www.rusnet.nl /encyclo/p/peter_I.shtml (175 words)

	TBHL \| Peter Jackson \| About PJ
		Peter still had a hole where his story used to be, but he filled it with inspired sight gags and soldiered on.
		Peter later explained that he was most nervous about the reaction of his Japanese investors to the wicked Asian stereotypes in the film's 'Deer Hunter' parody (Winyard the Frog and his army buddies are taken prisoner in 'Nam by Vietcong Mongeese, who proceed to eat their legs).
		Peter's vision of the story capitalised on all the elements which made the case so shocking, but he went much deeper than that.
	tbhl.theonering.net /peter/about.html (6559 words)

	Russian Embassy. Russian embassies all over the world. Russian consulate
		Almost all of them including Peter I and Nicholas II were buried in the cathedral.
		About 200 fountains including the Grand cascade, the largest in the world, are the main sights of the favourite residence of Peter the Great.
		Walk in the park with fountains during that period is combined with excursion to the Grand Palace - the masterpiece of Petersburg architects of the 18th century.
	www.russianembassy.ru /en/pages/st_petersburg (560 words)

	09 Jun History: This Date
		Ivan and Peter were then proclaimed joint tsars (Ivan the senior one) on 05 June 1682 by the boyar duma; and, because of Ivan's precarious health and Peter's youth, Ivan's sister Sophia Alekseyevna [27 Sep 1657 – 14 Jul 1704] was made regent when the two were crowned on 05 July 1682.
		Upon the 18 May 1727 crowning of her grandson Peter II [23 Oct 1715 – 29 Jan 1730] as emperor, she was released and later installed at the Voznesensky Convent in Moscow and provided with a generous allowance.
		Peter's internal policy served to protect the interest of Russia's ruling class (a common habit of rulers), the landowners and the nascent bourgeoisie.
	www.safran-arts.com /42day/history/h4jun/h4jun09.html (13214 words)

	Palace of Versailles - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Versailles is a key example of baroque palace architecture, and many of the finest craftsmen in Europe worked it for many years.
		Several smaller buildings were added to the park of Versailles, starting with Louis XIV's Grand Trianon (originally the Porcelain Trianon), continuing with additions by Louis XV and Louis XVI including the Petit Trianon, and the Hamlet of Marie Antoinette known as the Petit hameau.
		He visited Versailles during the "Grand Embassy" and later decided to build a residence "better than Versailles".
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Palace_of_Versailles (2663 words)

	Peter Jöback Latest News
		Peter Jöback plays "Stjärnan" in "Där regnbågen slutar" (Where the Rainbow ends - Linda's translation) by Richard Hobert.
		Peter Jöback worked with the film for a month.
		Now Peter Jöback is ready to try something different, even if "West Side Story" is still his dream role.
	www.abbamail.com /news/peternews.htm (680 words)

	Russia
		Peter III crowned emperor of Russia; abolishes compulsory state service for the gentry; Catherine II (the Great) crowned empress of Russia after Peter III's assassination.
		The grand prince of Kiev controlled the lands around the city, and his theoretically subordinate relatives ruled in other cities and paid him tribute.
		In the fourteenth century, the grand princes of Muscovy began gathering Russian lands to increase the population and wealth under their rule (see table 2, Appendix).
	www.mongabay.com /reference/country_studies/russia/all.html (12947 words)

	Cyprus History: Lusignan Period - The Reign of Pierre I
		On the return of the king to Cyprus, the Turkish sultan, Tacca, invested Adalia with considerable forces and, throughout the winter, when the supply of food and munitions by sea was difficult, the Cypriot garrison had great difficulty in repelling the repeated attacks of the Turks.
		The Turkish camp with all its arms, munitions, and treasure, was captured, and Grand Caraman sent envoys to sue to peace.
		King Pierre, seeing himself left with the Hospitallers alone in the attempt to re-establish the kingdom of Jerusalem, the dream of his whole life, consented to allow an embassy to treat with the sultan in the name of himself, the Pope and the Italian republics, whose commerce had been ruined by the war.
	www.cypnet.co.uk /ncyprus/history/lusignan/3pierre1.htm (1867 words)

	RussArt_Glossary_Lecture4
		Proclamation of double rule of half-brothers Ivan V and Peter I. Sophia became regent.
		Peter suppressed the uprising cruelly and disbanded the Streltsy regiments.
		1719: Peter’s second son from the second marriage died as an infant, leaving the throne without male heirs; thus the seed of future complications with the laws regulating the succession was planted.
	faculty.risd.edu /faculty/evarshav/RussArt_Glossary_Lecture4.html (317 words)

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