Peter the Great Collection

Peter the Great ruled the Tsardom of Russia and later the Russian Empire from 7th May 1682 until his death in 1725, jointly ruling before 1696 with his elder half-brother, Ivan V.

Through a number of successful wars, he expanded the Tsardom into a much larger empire that became a major European power.

He led a cultural revolution that replaced some of the traditionalist and medieval social and political systems with ones that were modern, scientific, Westernized and based on the Enlightenment.

This special set contains a historical 1 Kopek silver coin, issued during the reign of Peter the Great, as well as a 500 Rubles banknote, the so-called “Petya”, the most valuable Russian banknote that has ever been issued.