Tsardom into Empire, 1689-1721
Pyotr I, Pyotr the Great
Pyotr ("Peter") reforms Russia along western European lines but also is arbitrary and cruel. He renames the Tsardom of Russia as the Russian Empire in 1721.
Pyotr ("Peter") reforms Russia along western European lines but also is arbitrary and cruel. He renames the Tsardom of Russia as the Russian Empire in 1721.