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1. Assignment 5 Outline Notes
2. Battle of poltava: 1709. last battle and success for Peter the Great in
the great northern war. was the decisive victory of Peter I of Russia
over the Swedish forces under Field Marshal Carl Gustav Rehnskiöld
in one of the battles of the Great Northern War. It is widely believed to
have been the beginning of Sweden's decline as a Great Power; the
Russians (Russian Empire from 1721) took their place as the leading
nation of north-eastern Europe.
3. Alexei: Peter the Greats son, who tried to overthrow is dad, fled to
Austria to not get in trouble, convinced to return to work on things,
and he died waiting for execution 1718
a. Supreme Secret Council: ..., Est. by Catherine I in 1726, an
administrative and advisory body place upon the Senate.
Abolished by Empress Anne in 1730
4. Peter II: ruled from 1727-30 and was the grandson of Peter I, son of
alexia under the regency of the seumpre secret privy council. He
succeeded Catherine I. He was succeeded by his cousin Anna.