Peter The Great Influence

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Peter the Great was born June 9, 1662. He then ruled from 1682-1725, he was 10 years old when he came to rule, He shared the power with his half brother and sisters. In 1689 he became the sole leader of Russia, (He was then 18 years old). He died in 1725 when he was 63 years old. He was a christian, and did not allow a new patriarch for the church when the current one died. He had two wives, “Catherine the I” and “Eudoxia Lopukhina”, together he had 11 children, most of them died in infancy. When Peter found out his wife had a lover, he had the man beheaded and he forced her to keep the head in a jar by her bedside. Peter the Great made many contributions, one of them being the foundation of St.Petersburg, he also created a stronger