Peter the Great was a "tsar of Russia who reigned jointly with his half-brother Ivan V (1682-96) and alone thereafter (1696-1725) and who in 1721 was proclaimed emperor. He was one of his country's greatest statesmen, organizers, and reformers".*
The titles listed below can be found on the shelves in the Gilmour Library:
Anderson, M.S. Peter the Great
Figes, Orlando. Natasha's Dance: A Cultural History of Russia
Horizon Magazine (pub). Russia Under the Czars
Massie, Robert K. Peter the Great, His Life and World (Found in Biography)
Massie, Robert K. Catherine the Great, Portrait of a Woman (Found in Biography)
Oliva, L. Jay (Ed). Peter the Great
Orlandi, Enzo (ed). Life and Times of Peter the Great (Found in Biography)
Putnam, Peter Brock. Peter, the Revolutionary Tsar (Found in Biography)
Riasanovsky, Nicholas V. A History of Russia
Savage, Katharine. People and Power, the Story of Three Nations
Media
Films - Peter the Great or Russia: Land of the Tsars (Found in the Media section of the Library)
Please visit the Gilmour Library's OPAC to check availablity and shelf location.
Also check out the Gilmour Library's subscription databases, using terms and phrases alone or in combination such as: Peter the Great, Pyotr Alekseyevich, Peter I, Tsar, Czar, Empire, Foreign Policy, Northern War (w/Sweden), 1721 Empire, 1672-1725.