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{{Infobox officeholder
|name=
|image=
|birth_date=June 9, 1672
|birth_place=Moscow
|death_date=February 8, 1725
|death_place=Saint Petersburg
|religion=
|spouse=Martha Skavronskaya (m. 1707)
|children=
|alma_mater=
|party=
|office=Emperor/Tsar of Russia
|term_start=May 7, 1682
|term_end=February 8, 1725
|preceded=Feodor III
|succeeded=Catherine I
}}
'''Peter I''', also known as '''Peter the Great''' (1672 - 1725) was the [[Russia]]n [[tsar|czar]] from 1689 to 1725. Realizing the need to modernize, he turned his attention to Europe and enthusiastically introduced Western languages and technologies to the Russian elite. Peter even moved his capital from [[Moscow]] to the new city of [[St. Petersburg]].
'''Peter I''', also known as '''Peter the Great''' (1672 - 1725) was the [[Russia]]n [[tsar|czar]] from 1689 to 1725. Realizing the need to modernize, he turned his attention to Europe and enthusiastically introduced Western languages and technologies to the Russian elite. Peter even moved his capital from [[Moscow]] to the new city of [[St. Petersburg]].