Peter I, known by the epithet the Great, was the tsar of all Russia from 1682 to 1721, and the first emperor of Russia from 1721 until his death in 1725. He reigned jointly with his brother, Ivan V, from 1682 until Ivan's death in 1696. June 9, 1672 – February 8, 1725; died at 52. Alive at the same time as Isaac Newton, Johann Sebastian Bach, Voltaire, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, and Benjamin Franklin. Wiki link