Among the exhibits of the Syzran Museum of Local History and Lore is a portrait of the Russian Emperor Peter the Great painted by local artist Eduard Kharitonov.
Peter Romanov (1672–1725) was a major figure in Russian and global history. His reign (1682–1725) was a time of major changes in Russia. Just like any other prominent figure, Peter the Great was a man of contradictions, many of which affected the nature of his reforms, his lifestyle, and his relationships with people. He was sincere and full of energy, but at the same time, he was cruel and had little tolerance for dissent.
Peter’s ascent to complete autocracy in Russia was long and tortuous. He lost his father, Tsar Alexei Mikhailovich, at the age of four His half-brother Fyodor Alekseevich reigned the country for six years. When he turned ten, Peter became a co-tsar with his brother John while his sister Sofia was appointed regent.
Over the years, the future emperor was spending more and more time with his toy army and in the German settlement, and soon Sofia Alekseevna began worrying about what the young tsar was getting up to. The uprising of the Musketeer regiment that the Princess organized in 1689 failed miserably, Sofia was imprisoned in a convent while her half-brother Ivan abdicated and died in 1696. In 1721, Peter I proclaimed himself the Emperor of All of Russia, which was in effect an announcement of the new power of the Russian state and its significance on the international scene. The great reformer died in January 1725, without naming a successor.
The founding of the city of Syzran is related to the first Emperor of all of Russia: on June 4, 1683, co-tsars John and Peter signed a decree instructing the Simbirsk military commander Kozlovsky to build Syzran.
One of Peter the Great’s travel journals features the following entry: ‘On the 30th day at the 4th hour, we weighed anchor and set off to the village of Pecherskoye; at seven, the ship was pushed ashore by bad weather, half-way to Syzran; at nine, we managed to get her off the ground and continued on our way; at three, we passed Syzran; at five, we approached the town of Kashpar. Both day and night the weather was atrocious…’
It is known that during his Persian expedition in the summer of 1722, the Emperor made a short stop at the Kashpirskaya fortress. Notably, it was Russia’s first emperor Peter the Great who visited the vicinity of Syzran, and then the only other Romanov to have visited these parts was the last emperor Nicholas II.
Peter Romanov (1672–1725) was a major figure in Russian and global history. His reign (1682–1725) was a time of major changes in Russia. Just like any other prominent figure, Peter the Great was a man of contradictions, many of which affected the nature of his reforms, his lifestyle, and his relationships with people. He was sincere and full of energy, but at the same time, he was cruel and had little tolerance for dissent.
Peter’s ascent to complete autocracy in Russia was long and tortuous. He lost his father, Tsar Alexei Mikhailovich, at the age of four His half-brother Fyodor Alekseevich reigned the country for six years. When he turned ten, Peter became a co-tsar with his brother John while his sister Sofia was appointed regent.
Over the years, the future emperor was spending more and more time with his toy army and in the German settlement, and soon Sofia Alekseevna began worrying about what the young tsar was getting up to. The uprising of the Musketeer regiment that the Princess organized in 1689 failed miserably, Sofia was imprisoned in a convent while her half-brother Ivan abdicated and died in 1696. In 1721, Peter I proclaimed himself the Emperor of All of Russia, which was in effect an announcement of the new power of the Russian state and its significance on the international scene. The great reformer died in January 1725, without naming a successor.
The founding of the city of Syzran is related to the first Emperor of all of Russia: on June 4, 1683, co-tsars John and Peter signed a decree instructing the Simbirsk military commander Kozlovsky to build Syzran.
One of Peter the Great’s travel journals features the following entry: ‘On the 30th day at the 4th hour, we weighed anchor and set off to the village of Pecherskoye; at seven, the ship was pushed ashore by bad weather, half-way to Syzran; at nine, we managed to get her off the ground and continued on our way; at three, we passed Syzran; at five, we approached the town of Kashpar. Both day and night the weather was atrocious…’
It is known that during his Persian expedition in the summer of 1722, the Emperor made a short stop at the Kashpirskaya fortress. Notably, it was Russia’s first emperor Peter the Great who visited the vicinity of Syzran, and then the only other Romanov to have visited these parts was the last emperor Nicholas II.
