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In 1703, after winning access to the Baltic Sea through his victories in
the Great Northern War, Czar Peter I founds the city of St. Petersburg
as the new Russian capital.
The reign of Peter, who became sole czar in 1696, was characterized by a
series of sweeping military, political, economic, and cultural reforms
based on Western European models. Peter the Great, as he became known,
led his country into major conflicts with Persia, the Ottoman Empire,
and Sweden. Russian victories in these wars greatly expanded Peter’s
empire, and the defeat of Sweden won Russia direct access to the Baltic
Sea, a lifelong obsession of the Russian leader. With the founding of
St. Petersburg, Russia was now a major European power–politically,
culturally, and geographically. In 1721, Peter abandoned the traditional
Russian title of czar in favor of the European-influenced title of
emperor. Four years later, he died and was succeeded by his wife,
Catherine.
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