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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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