Peter I the Great (1672-1725) became the Tsar of Russia after the death of his brpther Tsar Feodor.He brought the church under state control and modernized the administrative.military and judiciary to expand his rule after successive wars.
Catherine II, (the Great) became Czarina when her husband, Czar Peter III was assassinated in 1762. The assassination was orchestrated by friends of Catherine, who was a German princess before...