The book that "cut through the window" during the reign of one of the greatest Russian tsars-reformers — Peter I, who initiated the era of major changes in the Moscow kingdom, which later became the great Russian Empire. The reader will see the whole path of the tsar: childhood shrouded in the fleur of military amusements and fatal political and military moves at the end of his reign, which glorified him as the "All-Russian Autocrat".The gift edition will help to feel the spirit of the great people and its ruler in a new way. Decrees, business and personal letters of Peter the Great, memoirs of eyewitnesses and participants of the events and a large number of old historical sketches and illustrations will reveal to the reader the Peter the Great era in all its terrifying splendor.This is an anniversary edition dedicated to the 350th anniversary of the birth of the All-Russian Emperor Peter the Great.