Peter the Great (28 magg 1682 anni – 16 marzo 1725 anni)

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- Traveled to W Eur., looking as Dutch shipyards and West tech
- Defeated Swedes in Great Northern War, put port on Baltic Sea
- Wanted to westernize Russia
- Nobles fought him
- Issued table of ranks, saying social status is based on rank in gov or military, not hereditary
- Made Russian navy
- Built St. Petersburg and moved capital
- Absolutist ruler
- Crushed streltsy rebellion after he came back from Eur
- Tried to make farming more advanced and efficient
- New engineering skills (making of St. Pet)
-Died from saving man in river
- Followed Louis XIV, built Peterhoff