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Peter the Great

1672 - 1725

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Peter I (Russian: Пётр I Алексеевич, romanized: Pyotr I Alekseyevich, IPA: [ˈpʲɵtr ɐlʲɪkˈsʲejɪvʲɪtɕ]; 9 June [O.S. 30 May] 1672 – 8 February [O.S. 28 January] 1725), better known as Peter the Great, was the Tsar of all Russia from 1682 and the first Emperor of all Russia from 1721 until his death in 1725. He reigned jointly with his half-brother Ivan V until 1696. From this year, Peter was an absolute monarch, an autocrat who remained the ultimate authority and organized a well-ordered police state. Much of Peter's reign was consumed by lengthy wars against the Ottoman and Swedish empires. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Peter the Great is the 83rd most popular politician (down from 54th in 2019), the 13th most popular biography from Russia (down from 10th in 2019) and the 6th most popular Russian Politician.

Peter the Great was most famous for reforming Russia's government, military, and economy. He also expanded the country's territory by conquering new land.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Peter the Great ranks 83 out of 19,576. Before him are Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor, Henry VI of England, Louis XV of France, William IV of the United Kingdom, Edward IV of England, and Cyrus the Great. After him are Muhammad Ali Jinnah, Haile Selassie, Hammurabi, Ho Chi Minh, Ögedei Khan, and Hannibal.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1672, Peter the Great ranks 1. After him are Joseph Addison, Pylyp Orlyk, Ernst Ludwig I, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen, Ludovico Antonio Muratori, Johann Jakob Scheuchzer, Nicolas de Grigny, André Cardinal Destouches, Zhang Tingyu, Richard Steele, and Landgravine Charlotte of Hesse-Homburg. Among people deceased in 1725, Peter the Great ranks 1. After him are Alessandro Scarlatti, Chikamatsu Monzaemon, Mahmud Hotak, José Benito de Churriguera, Arai Hakuseki, René de Froulay de Tessé, Jonathan Wild, Christian August of Saxe-Zeitz, and Sulkhan-Saba Orbeliani.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Peter the Great ranks 13 out of 3,761. Before him are Nicholas II of Russia (1868), Mikhail Gorbachev (1931), Kim Jong-il (1941), Igor Stravinsky (1882), Yuri Gagarin (1934), and Dmitri Mendeleev (1834). After him are Anton Chekhov (1860), Nikita Khrushchev (1894), Grigori Rasputin (1869), Ivan the Terrible (1530), Boris Yeltsin (1931), and Alexander Pushkin (1799).

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Among POLITICIANS In Russia

Among politicians born in Russia, Peter the Great ranks 6. Before him are Vladimir Lenin (1870), Vladimir Putin (1952), Nicholas II of Russia (1868), Mikhail Gorbachev (1931), and Kim Jong-il (1941). After him are Nikita Khrushchev (1894), Ivan the Terrible (1530), Boris Yeltsin (1931), Yuri Andropov (1914), Alexander II of Russia (1818), and Alexander III of Russia (1845).

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