Peter I - Tallinn, Estonia
N 59° 26.163 E 024° 44.352
35V E 371773 N 6590786
This memorial for Peter I (aka Peter the Great) is on the building at Lossi Plats 4 in the Old Town area of Tallinn, Estonia.
Waymark Code: WMPQVZ
Location: Estonia
Date Posted: 10/09/2015
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The memorial consists of a marble plaque engraved with text in both Estonian and Russian. The Estonian text reads:
Selles Majas Peatus
Peeter I
Oma Esmakordsel Viibimisel
Tallinnas. 13.-27. Dets. 1711 A.
[ENGLISH TRANSLATION]
Stayed at this House
Peter I
During his First Time Staying in
Tallinn. 13th-27th Dec. 1711
The following information about Peter the Great is from Wikipedia:
"Peter the Great (Peter I or Peter Alexeyevich; 9 June [O.S. 30 May] 1672 – 8 February [O.S. 28 January] 1725) ruled the Tsardom of Russia and later the Russian Empire from 7 May (O.S. 27 April) 1682 until his death, jointly ruling before 1696 with his half-brother. 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. Peter's reforms made a lasting impact on Russia and many institutions of Russian government traced their origins to his reign."