2022350 Years since the Birth of Peter the Great - Set

Peter I Alexeevich Romanov – Peter the Great (June 9, 1672 – St. Petersburg, February 8, 1725) Russian tsar, one of the most powerful and influential rulers of modern European history. He modernized Russia in social, political, military and economic terms, at the same time expanding its territory, thus transforming Russia into the leading European power of the time. He made radical changes in Russian society and the state. He replaced the traditional Russian calendar with the Julian one, and also built a new capital – St. Petersburg, which was founded on May 27, 1703.