peter the great

As the title says, what would be the big changes if Pedro I of Russia had lived for another twenty years? Pedro would have died at the age of 73, avoiding a period of constant changes in the Russian throne, who would be his successor? Would OTL Pedro II have lived to adulthood? what geopolitical...

The great northern war cemented that Mother Russia is here to stay, something that wouldn't be possible without Tsar Peter the Great. Now there are countless threads asking what if sweden won. This is ultimately something of that question, but I have two scenarios, both involving the death of...

So what need to happen for GNW to look like it was expected by Danish-Saxon-Russian coalition? Danes, Saxons and Russians viewed Sweden as easy prey, ruled by young, unexperienced ruler and they were very, very wrong. Swedish king happened to be military genius (like many of his predecessors)...

So, @President Roosevelt's TL got me thinking about the differences between the Petrine Reforms and the earlier Feodorian Reforms (well, that and some posts made in my Saxon Hercules thread). However, also the instability that plagued Russia in the 1680s and 1690s (and one could argue, all the...

So I think everyone here basically knows who Peter the Great was but I don't know if all that many people remember his older brother and co-ruler Ivan V. Ivan was the youngest son of Tsar Alexei and his first wife Maria Miloslavskaya and was basically the Carlos II of Russia (physically and...

1 November 1700, Augustus II ends his life as result of some nasty accident. Meanwhile his forces are besiging Riga, last Charles II, Spanish Habsburg dies in Madrid, his Swedish namesake beaten Denmark recently and is going to face Russians, who just started invasion of Ingria. So what is going...

Could we get an alternate Great Northern Timeline rolling? One that involves Sweden somehow winning the Great Northern War and preventing Russia's ascension into a Great Power? Any members well versed in the subject?

The Westernization of Russia under Peter, the construction of Saint Petersburg, the "Hellenization" of the Black Sea coast under Catherine the Great, and the Russian-Persian and Russo-Turkish wars seem to have plenty of AH potential. Anyone have any particular points of divergence in mind...

What if Peter the Great of Russia never returns from his grand, Europe-travelling embassy to learn about ship navigation and building, either by choice, or after he is mugged and killed or something along those lines. How would his advisors react? Who would get the throne? What would be Russia's...

As I'm sure many of those knowledgeable about Russian History knows, Peter the Great was (arguably) one of Russia's most important leaders, ranging from his massive modernizations to the establishment of Russia as not only a major player in European politics, but an Imperial Power as well...