Russian Empire proclaimed
PoliticsTreatyAfter victory in the Great Northern War, confirmed by the Treaty of Nystad, Peter I takes the title of Emperor and Russia becomes the Russian Empire.
- Date
- 1721 · View on map
- Regions
- Europe
- Importance
- ★★★★★
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