Peter I of Russia

Peter the Great

An old map of St. Petersburg and Kronstadt, the cities built by Peter

Peter the Great (born in 1672, died in 1725) was a czar of Russia. He transformed Russia from an isolated kingdom into a transcontinental superpower. He also built the city of St. Petersburg which became the capital of Russia in 1711. He changed Russia's society, by making it modern like the European countries of the time.