Rulers
Peter I the Great
Tsar and first emperor
Show on the timeline- Lifespan
- 1672 — 1725
- Reign
- 1682–1725
Formally shared the throne with Ivan V from 1682 to 1696; Sophia served as regent until 1689. He created a regular navy, reorganised the army and government, and founded St Petersburg. After victory in the Great Northern War, he adopted the title of emperor in 1721.
- Dynasty
- Romanovs
- Centre of power
- Russia
- Title
- Tsar: 1682–1721; emperor: 1721–1725
- Parents
- Alexei Mikhailovich and Natalia Naryshkina
- Wives
- Eudoxia Lopukhina; Catherine I
- Flag shown
- The tricolour was adopted as a merchant flag in 1705. Its national status from 1896 does not belong to Peter’s reign.
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