Ch.17 Russia Looks West
Peter the Great
Peter I who became known as “Peter the Great”, became Czar of Russia in 1682.
Peter’s Port to the West
Great Northern War against Sweden, began in 1700 - and lasted for the next twenty-one years.
He named a brand new city on the shores of the Neva St. Petersburg after his patron saint, Peter.
He died in 1724.
Peter had made Russia larger.
But even more important: he had made Russia part of Europe.
