Who was peter the great and what did he do to earn the name?

Peter the Great, otherwise known as Peter Alexeyevich, ruled the Tsardom of Russia and later the Russian Empire.

In 1682, Peter and his brother Ivan IV became rulers of Russia, and when Ivan died in 1696, Peter became the sole sovereign. Early on, Peter realized that Russia had missed out on the technological advancements that swept through Europe, so he appointed scientists to educate the Russian people. He established the country's first modern ruling body,abolishing an older and much less efficient method of administrating russia.