How tall is Peter the Great?

Peter the Great's listed height was 203 cm (6'8").

About Peter the Great

Peter the Great was a Russian ruler, born on 9 June 1672 in Moscow. Known by the epithet the Great, he was tsar of all Russia from 1682 to 1721 and the first emperor of Russia from 1721 until his death in 1725. From 1682 until 1696 he reigned jointly with his brother, Ivan V.

Much of his reign was taken up by wars against the Ottoman and Swedish empires. His Azov campaigns were followed by the foundation of the Russian Navy, and after the Great Northern War Russia annexed part of the eastern Baltic coastline and was raised from a tsardom to an empire. He founded Saint Petersburg on the Neva River and moved the capital there from Moscow in 1712. He introduced the first Russian newspaper in 1703, and the Russian Academy of Sciences and Saint Petersburg State University were founded in 1724.

Peter stood at a listed 203 cm (6'8"). He died on 8 February 1725. He also introduced the Julian calendar in December 1699 and ordered a reform of the civil script, which he largely designed himself.

Frequently asked

How tall is Peter the Great in feet and inches? Peter the Great was 6'8" tall, which is 203 cm, 79.9 inches or 2.03 m.

Sources

• Peter the Great on Wikipedia — biography and career.
• Peter the Great on Wikidata — nationality and dates.

Heights are as publicly listed, rounded to the nearest centimetre; listed heights for public figures are often self-reported. Biographical details adapted from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0.

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