Reign of Peter the Great (1682-1725)

1. Sophia Alekseyevna begins regency

   Jun 8, 1682Labels: Sophia Alekseyevna, Regency, Novodevichy Convent

   • Britannica Sophia

2. Peter and Ivan V crowned co-tsars

   Jun 25, 1682Labels: Peter I, Ivan V, Moscow

   • Britannica Sophia
   • Britannica Peter
   • Ivan V

3. Peter overthrows Sophia and takes power

   Sep 1, 1689Labels: Peter I, Sophia Alekseyevna, Novodevichy Convent

   • Britannica Sophia
   • Britannica Peter

4. Azov captured in second Azov campaign

   Aug 6, 1696Labels: Azov, Russian Navy, Ottoman Empire

   • Siege Azov
   • Azov campaigns

5. Grand Embassy departs for Western Europe

   Mar 9, 1697Labels: Grand Embassy, Peter I, Western Europe

   • Britannica Embassy
   • Grand Embassy

6. Streltsy uprising suppressed and corps disbanded

   Jun 18, 1698Labels: Streltsy, Peter I, Repression

   • Streltsy uprising
   • Britannica Embassy

7. Great Northern War begins

   Jan 1, 1700Labels: Great Northern, Russia, Sweden

   • Great Northern War
   • Britannica Empire

8. Foundation laid for Saint Petersburg

   May 27, 1703Labels: Saint Petersburg, Peter and, Neva Delta

   • Britannica SPb
   • St Petersburg

9. Provincial (guberniya) reform creates governorates

   Dec 29, 1708Labels: Guberniya Reform, Governorates, Peter I

   • Kiev Gov

10. Russia wins decisive Battle of Poltava

    Jul 8, 1709Labels: Battle of, Peter I, Charles XII

    • Britannica Poltava
    • Poltava

11. Governing Senate established

    Feb 1, 1711Labels: Governing Senate, Peter I, Imperial administration

    • Governing Senate

12. Capital transferred from Moscow to Saint Petersburg

    Jan 1, 1712Labels: Saint Petersburg, Capital transfer, Peter I

    • Britannica SPb
    • Britannica Empire

13. Most Holy Synod created to govern church

    Jan 25, 1721Labels: Most Holy, Russian Orthodox, Peter I

    • Britannica Synod
    • Most Holy Synod

14. Treaty of Nystad ends Great Northern War

    Sep 10, 1721Labels: Treaty of, Sweden, Russia

    • Nystad
    • Great Northern War

15. Peter proclaimed Emperor of All Russia

    Nov 2, 1721Labels: Peter I, Emperor title, Russian Empire

    • Peter Great
    • Britannica Peter

16. Table of Ranks promulgated

    Jan 24, 1722Labels: Table of, Civil service, Military

    • Britannica Ranks

17. Russian Academy of Sciences established by decree

    Feb 8, 1724Labels: Russian Academy, St Petersburg, Peter I

    • RAS
    • Scholarly Soc

18. Death of Peter the Great

    Feb 8, 1725Labels: Peter I, Death, Catherine I

    • Britannica Peter
    • Peter Great