He later took complete control and, when Patriarch Adrian died, this leader did not replace him and eventually formed a Holy Synod which made the church a government department.
At the beginning of this man's reign, he shared power with his very ill half- brother under the regency of his half-sister Sophia, who allowed decisions to be made by her lover Vasily Gallitzin. He later took complete control and, when Patriarch Adrian died, this leader did not replace him and eventually formed a Holy Synod which made the church a government department. He increased his territories with the Treaty of Nystad at the end of the Great Northern War against Sweden and moved his capital into the new territory. Name this 17th and 18th Century Tsar who tried to modernize Russia.
At the beginning of this man's reign, he shared power with his very ill half- brother under the regency of his half-sister Sophia, who allowed decisions to be made by her lover Vasily Gallitzin.
(Tsar) Peter The Great (accept Peter the First or Peter Romanov, prompt Peter, Peter can be pronounced Pyoter)