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Alexei Petrovich, Tsarevich of Russia, Peter the Great's son, mysteriously dies after being sentenced to death by his father for plotting against him.

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Alexei Petrovich, Tsarevich of Russia

Russian Tsarevich (1690–1718)

Tsarevich Alexei Petrovich of Russia was the eldest son of Tsar Peter I and his first wife, Eudoxia Lopukhina.
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Peter the Great

Tsar of Russia from 1682 to 1725

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…
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