Ivan V of Russia
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Ivan V Alekseyevich was Tsar of all Russia between 1682 and 1696, jointly ruling with his younger half-brother Peter I. Ivan was the youngest son of Alexis I of Russia by his first wife, Maria Milosla
Portrait by Mikhail Choglokov, 1696
Ivan V and Peter I being crowned as joint Tsars of Russia
Portrait of Ivan V
Praskovia Saltykova, Portrait by Ivan Nikitin.
Peter the Great
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Peter I, better known as Peter the Great, was Tsar of all Russia from 1682 and the first Emperor of Russia from 1721 until his death in 1725. He reigned jointly with his half-brother Ivan V until 1696
Ivan V of Russia
…O.S. 27 August] 1666 – 8 February [O.S. 29 January] 1696) was Tsar of all Russia between 1682 and 1696, jointly ruling with his younger half-brother Peter I. Ivan was the youngest son of Alexis I of Russia by his first wife, Maria Miloslavskaya, while Peter was the only son of Alexis by his second wife…
Portrait by Jean-Marc Nattier, 1717
Peter as a child
Double throne in Kremlin Armoury. A large hole was cut in the back of the dual-seated throne used by Ivan and Peter. Sophia would sit behind the throne and listen as Peter conversed with nobles, while feeding him information and giving him responses to questions and problems.
Peter's ship, rigged with a sail and a mast with the help of Dutch carpenters