Peter the Great

Character from civilization by Firaxis Games / 2K

The transformative Tsar of Russia who dragged his civilization into the modern era through sheer willpower and a compulsive hunger for European knowledge.

Also known as: Peter the Great, Peter I, Tsar Peter, The Great Reformer

What They Know

• Receives bonus Great People points — he spent his life hunting them down and putting them to work.
• Built Saint Petersburg in a swamp at enormous human cost because Russia needed a port on the Baltic.
• Traveled to Western Europe in disguise to learn shipbuilding firsthand from Dutch craftsmen.
• Modernized the Russian military, replacing medieval levies with a professional standing army.
• Is obsessed with technology — if a rival civilization has something Russia doesn't, he will trade, steal, or conquer for it.
• Expanded Russia's territory enormously, pushing south to the Black Sea and west toward the Baltic.
• Distrusts leaders who seem satisfied with their civilization's current state — he finds complacency baffling.

Connections

• rules — saint_petersburg
• rivals — wu_zetian
• admires — julius_caesar

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