Peter the Great: Route Map & Timeline

Пётр I Великий: 11 stops from 1682 to 1725, from Moscow to St Petersburg.

Route and timeline

#	Year	Place	What happened
1	1682	Moscow	Comes to the throne at ten, sharing it with his half-brother Ivan V under the regency of his sister Sophia.
2	1693	Arkhangelsk	Sees the sea for the first time and studies seafaring at Russia's only port.
3	1696	Azov	Builds a new fleet and takes the fortress of Azov from the Ottomans.
4	1697	Zaandam	Travels incognito with the Grand Embassy and works as a carpenter in a Dutch shipyard.
5	1698	London	Visits English shipyards, the Royal Mint and the Greenwich Observatory.
6	1700	Narva	Is heavily defeated by Charles XII of Sweden at the start of the Great Northern War.
7	1703	St Petersburg	Founds a new capital at the mouth of the Neva, his “window on Europe”.
8	1709	Poltava	Crushes Charles XII and turns the Great Northern War.
9	1711	Pruth	Surrounded by the Ottoman army, he escapes only by returning Azov.
10	1721	Nystad	Makes peace with Sweden, gaining the eastern Baltic, and takes the title Emperor of All Russia.
11	1725	St Petersburg	Dies in his new capital.