Peter_The_Great

Peter The Great April 28, 1999 Peter the Great; His life as Czar Since the beginning, Russia has seen its share of rulers. History books will show that some were good and some were bad. However, one Czar is remembered for doing a great number of things for the country. Such as setting a standard for education, religion and even changing the social scene. He is most popular for building his “window to the west”, St. Petersburg. One of the most fascinating places in his time and may still be today. This Czar, who ruled from 1862 until 1725 was named Peter Michealowitz by his mother, but history would call him, “Peter the Great”. Peter Michaelowitz was born in Moscow on June 9, 1672. He was born the son of Czar Alexis I. Mikhailovich. Peter’s mother, Natalia Naryshkin, was Alexis’s second wife and therefore putting Peter at the bottom of the list for becoming the future czar. Peter had thirteen half siblings and one real, his sister, Catherine I. His sister and half sisters were not allowed to receive heir to the throne. In this time period, it was not allowed and only peter, russia, education, church, czar, peter’s, time, sophia, one, great, state, made, new, during, young, russian, place, being, way, took, system, however, half, even, age, very, two, point, history, government, good, decided, death, country, based