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I Love Travel St.Petersburg
I Love Travel St.Petersburg
I Love Travel St.Petersburg
I Love Travel St.Petersburg
I Love Travel St.Petersburg
I Love Travel St.Petersburg
I Love Travel St.Petersburg
I Love Travel St.Petersburg
I Love Travel St.Petersburg
I Love Travel St.Petersburg
I Love Travel St.Petersburg
I Love Travel St.Petersburg
I Love Travel St.Petersburg
I Love Travel St.Petersburg
I Love Travel St.Petersburg
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| Marine Facade Seaport, Terminal 1, St. Petersburg, Russia

Peter the Great , Peter I or Peter Alexeyevich ruled the Tsardom of Russia and later the Russian Empire from 7 May 1682 until his death in 1725, jointly ruling before 1696 with his elder half-brother, Ivan V. Through a number of successful wars, he expanded the Tsardom into a much larger empire that became a major European power and also laid the groundwork for the Russian navy after capturing ports at Azov and the Baltic Sea. 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 made a lasting impact on Russia, and many institutions of Russian government trace their origins to his reign. He is also known for founding and developing the city of St. Petersburg, which remained the capital of Russia until 1917.
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