Naum Senyavin
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Naum Akimovich Senyavin or Sinyavin was Vice Admiral of the Imperial Russian Navy. He was Russia's first Vice Admiral. He was the father of Alexey Naumovich Senyavin.
Battle of oesel.
Peter the Great
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Peter I was the 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. Peter, as an autocrat, organ
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