Gaining the support of the Kremlin Guard, they launched a coup d'etat, and Peter was forced to endure the horrible sight of his supporters and family members being thrown from the top of the grand Red Stair of the Faceted Palace onto the raised pikes of the Guard. The outcome of the coup was a joint Tsar-ship, with both Peter and Ivan placed under the regency of Ivan's elder and not exactly impartial sister Sophia...
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The outcome of the coup was a joint Tsar-ship, with both Peter and Ivan placed under the regency of Ivan's elder and not exactly impartial sister Sophia. Never the less, Peter regained his title at age 17 after Sophia’s failed plot to murder the opposing heir, and sentenced her to life to a convent cell...
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Peter the Great The oldest son from his first marriage, Czarevich Alexei, was accused of disloyalty, by his father and secretly executed in 1718. Peter died from a cold on January 28, 1725...	2 / 323
Peter The Great Peter saw in Europe, that everyone had their beards very short and maintained. Instantly, Peter cut all of his general's and servant's beards. If they refused, he made them pay a tax and wear a gold medallion saying they have paid it...	3 / 731
Peter The Great 4 Peter saw in Europe, that everyone had their beards very short and maintained. Instantly, Peter cut all of his general’s and servant’s beards. If they refused, he made them pay a tax and wear a gold medallion saying they have paid it...	3 / 731