This person built Taganrog as a base for his fleet, which was commanded by the Scottish mercenary Patrick Gordon.
This person ruined the hedgerows of Sayes Court when the diarist John Evelyn took him in as a guest. This person built Taganrog as a base for his fleet, which was commanded by the Scottish mercenary Patrick Gordon. Sultan Mustafa II gifted this ruler with an African slave, Abram Gannibal, who became one of his smartest engineers. He spent his early years in a power struggle with Vasily Galitzine and his half-sister (*) Sophia. This ruler's love of boats led him to work in disguise at a Dutch shipyard during his "Grand Embassy" to Western Europe. After he returned home, he modernized his country by requiring that boyars shave off their beards and acquiring parts of the Baltic coast from Charles XII. For 10 points, name this tsar of Russia who won the Great Northern War.
This person ruined the hedgerows of Sayes Court when the diarist John Evelyn took him in as a guest.
Peter the Great [or Peter I; or Pyotr in place of "Peter"; prompt on "Peter (Alexeyevich Romanov)"]