Peter the Great [SCM]
by Diane Stanley Author
Peter the Great, crowned tsar of Russia at the age of ten, believed that whatever he wanted he should have -- and the sooner the better. What he wanted most was to bring his beloved country into the modem world. He traveled to the West to learn European ways -- the first tsar ever to leave Russia -- disguised as a common soldier. He explored the West with excitement and curiosity and returned home ready to undertake a series of momentous social reforms. And to satisfy his boyhood dream of a Russian naval port, he began to build, on a freezing swamp, a glittering new capital to be named St. Petersburg.
Additional Details
- Resource Type
- Book
- ISBN
- 068816708X
- Print Status
- In Print
- Pages
- 32
- Suggested Grades
- 1st - 9th
- Geographical Setting
- Russia
- Historical Setting
- 1685 - 1725
- Publisher
- HarperCollins
- Copyright
- 1999
- Written
- 1986
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