Peter the great (Peter 1)

Peter born in 1672 in Moscow, the Great emperor was the son of Tsar Aleksey 1.

His mother was Natalya Naryshkina which was the second wife of Tsar. Peter was the first son of his mother but 14th child if his father so there was no much celebrations but instead of his half-brothers Peter was the first child of his mother so he was healthy, intelligent and energetic child. Peter was only of 4 years when his father Tsar died and the throne was left to the peter's old half brother Fyodor 3 who was a sickly young. The royal power fell in the hands of Fyodol relatives which never want to see peter as the Emperor. The Fyodor died without leaving an heir in 1682 when peter was 10 years old. Due to political violence peter was selected as the new Emperor of Russia. In 1696 there was a lake of well educated peoples and peter was the only emperor who feel that and take urgent decisions for the bright future of Russia because due to the their own family members wrong things Russia was left far behind in the race of world countries specially in Europe. Peter make an summery and invited the best European Engineers, Architects, Craftsmen and Merchants to come to Russia and moderize the country. And in that era of time hundreds of Russian intelligent, handsome and mentally healthy persons to get higher education in different fields i.e administration , industry, commerce, medicine , technology and culture. Peter was a great leader who can understand the things which can't be see with eyes. He visited many schools , museums, buildings for their architecture and gained knowledge about many things. Peter was the autocrat of all the Russians. He Believes on Russian Orthodox Christian religion and died on 8 February 1725 at the age of 52 years. Peter's personality has been the cause of much debate and discussion in the 300 years since his death.

He was a big strong man (6' 8'' inches - 2.04 meters) who, unlike previous Russian monarchs, was not afraid of physical labor. He was an experienced army officer and navy admiral, a skilful shipbuilder and an amazingly energetic personality. It has to be said that Peter was also very cruel. Several coup attempts against him ended with mass executions. He personally interrogated his own son Alexei, whom he suspected of plotting against him, and installed him as the first inmate of a high security political jail in the Peter and Paul fortress. Nevertheless, the scale of Peter's personality and massive reforms have inspired generations of historians, writers and ordinary Russian people.