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Peter the Great

1672–1725 · Romanov

Tsar/Emperor of Russia from 1682 to 1725. Born at Moscow. Died at Saint Petersburg.

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Reigned

1682–1721	Tsar of All Russia
1721–1725	Emperor of all the Russias

The beard tax

Back from western Europe in 1698, Peter the Great ordered Russian men to shave. Those who kept their beards had to pay a tax and carry a token as proof of payment.

Family

Father: Alexei I of Russia
Mother: Natalya Naryshkina
Married: Eudoxia Lopukhina 1689
Catherine I of Russia 1707
Children (4): Alexei Petrovich, Tsarevich of Russia 1690
Anna Petrovna of Russia 1708
Elizabeth I of Russia 1709
Natalia Petrovna 1718
Siblings (5): Marfa Alekseyevna of Russia 1652
Sophia Alekseyevna of Russia 1657
Feodor III of Russia 1661
Ivan V of Russia 1666
Natalya Alexeevna of Russia 1673