A ruler that has but an army has one hand, but he who has a navy has both.
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Pyotr Alexeevich Romanov (June 9, 1672 – February 8, 1725), also known as Peter the Great, was a Russian monarch. He carried out a policy of Westernization and expansion that transformed the Tsardom of Russia into the Russian Empire, a major European power.
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Also known as: Peter the Great, Peter the I of Russia, Peter the great, Pyotr Alexeyevich Romanov
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