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Definition of Peter the Great
1. Noun. Czar of Russia who introduced ideas from western Europe to reform the government; he extended his territories in the Baltic and founded St. Petersburg (1682-1725).
Lexicographical Neighbors of Peter The Great
Literary usage of Peter the Great
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Russia by Alfred Rambaud, Edgar Saltus (1902)
"THE WIDOW AND GRANDSON OF Peter the Great : CATHERINE I. (i725-1727) AND PETER
... AT the death of Peter the Great the nation was divided into two parties ..."
2. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1919)
"The so-called Testament of Peter the Great, defining his political policy, was
probably written at the order of Napoleon I. Consult Motley, JL, <Peter the ..."
3. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"Crowned with the halo of victory, Peter the Great displayed greater energy in
his purpose to ... Peter the Great used all the resources of his iron will, ..."
4. The Historians' History of the World: A Comprehensive Narrative of the Rise by Henry Smith Williams (1904)
"IVAN THE TERRIBLE COMPARED WITH Peter the Great Deeply tragic were the life and
destiny of Ivan the Terrible! As we penetrate into the full signification of ..."
5. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"One of the most important enactments of this reign was thu abolition of tho right
of primogeniture introduced by Peter the Great, which had never been ..."
6. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"Crowned with the halo of victor}', Peter the Great displayed greater energy in
his purpose to combine Western civilization with the ancient Russian Ufe, ..."
7. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1880)
"Peter the Great AND SYRIA. " To a great man nothing is little." Such is the
inscription in a small room in a cottage at Zaandam, where Peter the Great ..."
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