Peter the Great, Russian emperor (born 1672)

Peter I, better known as Peter the Great, was the Tsar of all Russia from 1682 and the first Emperor of all Russia from 1721 until his death in 1725. He reigned jointly with his half-brother Ivan V until 1696. From this year, Peter was an absolute monarch, an autocrat who remained the ultimate authority and organized a well-ordered police state.

February 8 is the 39th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 326 days remain until the end of the year.