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Erich Lessing Culture and Fine Arts Archive is an extensive image library featuring over 40.000 high resolution images from over 500 museums and many other collections. Founded and mostly photographed by Erich Lessing, the collection covers a wide range of subjects: Fine Arts, Religion, History, Music, Archaeology, Mythology, Architecture, Landscapes, Historical Portraits and Reportage.

 

Death of Emperor Peter the Great

8 February 1725

Peter I the Great or Pyotr Alexeyevich Romanov (9 June 1672 - 8 February 1725) ruled Russia and later the Russian Empire from 7 May 1682 until his death. He carried out a policy of modernization and expansion that transformed the Tsardom of Russia into a major European power.

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