| Description: | Chess, era of Peter the 1st. Handwork. Peter the First
king 13 cm
pawn 9 cm
board size 50 x 50
Chess, era of Peter the 1st. Handwork. Peter the First.
The board is wooden. The figures are plastic coated with paint. Handwork
Any color, bronze, gold, silver, black, white, matte
Peter I Alexeyevich, nicknamed Velikiy (May 30 [June 9] 1672 - January 28 [February 8] 1725) - the last king of all Russia (since 1682) and the first All-Russian Emperor (since 1721).
Representative of the Romanov dynasty. He was proclaimed king at the age of 10, he began to rule on his own since 1689. The formal co-ruler of Peter was his brother Ivan (until his death in 1696).
From a young age, showing interest in science and foreign lifestyles, Peter was the first Russian Tsar to make a long trip to the countries of Western Europe. Upon returning from it, in 1698, Peter launched large-scale reforms of the Russian state and social order. One of Peters main achievements was the solution of the task posed in the 16th century: the expansion of Russian territories in the Baltic region after the victory in the Great Northern War, which allowed him to accept the title of Russian emperor in 1721.
From the end of the 18th century to the present, in historical science and in public opinion there are diametrically opposite assessments of both the personality of Peter I and his role in the history of Russia. In the official Russian historiography, Peter was considered one of the most prominent statesmen who determined the direction of Russias development in the XVIII century. However, many historians, including Nikolai Karamzin, Vasily Klyuchevsky, Pavel Milyukov and others, expressed sharply critical assessments. Sale. |
