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A Life of Peter the Great
by Alex De Jonge
This book is used but remains in good condition overall with some wear to the dust cover and age spots to the edges of the page block (see pictures).
Reviews the life and reign of the Peter the Great, considered to be the world's most excessive and enigmatic czar, a man whose intense passion for learning and discovery finally brought Russia out of the Middle Ages.
Peter the Great (1672 – 1725) ruled the Tsardom of Russia and later the Russian Empire from 1682 until his death in 1725, jointly ruling before 1696 with his elder half-brother, Ivan V. Through a number of successful wars, he captured ports at Azov and the Baltic Sea, laying the groundwork for the Imperial Russian Navy, ending uncontested Swedish supremacy in the Baltic and beginning the Tsardom's expansion into a much larger empire that became a major European power. He led a cultural revolution that replaced some of the traditionalist and medieval social and political systems with ones that were modern, scientific, Westernised and based on the Enlightenment. Peter's reforms had a lasting impact on Russia, and many institutions of the Russian government trace their origins to his reign. He adopted the title of Emperor in place of the old title of Tsar in 1721, and founded and developed the city of Saint Petersburg, which remained the capital of Russia until 1917.
Publisher: Coward Mc Cann; First American Edition (1980)
Language: English
Hardcover: 279 pages
ISBN-10: 0698110188
ISBN-13: 978-0698110182
Item Weight: 1 pounds
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