and introduced Western culture, expanded his empire in the north and about the Caspian, founded St. Petersburg are reorganized industry and the military. Rare manuscript D.S. "Peter" as Czar, 2pp. legal folio, St. Petersburg, 1723, largely untranslated but essentially a royal order. Ragged margins costing some letters in text, a few tears carefully closed on recto, very boldly penned and signed, overall good condition.