mängis olulist rolli, samuti ta sakslannast armuke Anna Mons (srn 1714). Esimene naine oli Jevdokia Lopuhhina (srn 1731), teiseks naiseks võttis ta Eestis sündinud poola külatüdruku Marta Skowronska. 1706-1734 oli välisministriks krahv Golovkin (srn 1734), suure mõju omandas aga diplomaat Boriss Kurakin (srn 1727). Välispoliitika oli väga edukas, Venemaast sai impeerium. Impeerium 18. sajandil Peeter I reformis küll oma riiki, aga talupoegkond ja maa-aadel jäid muutustest kõrvale. Euroopalikuks muutus vaid tsaari pilgu all olnu, eliit ning mingil määral pealinnad (Moskva ja 1703 rajatud Sankt-Peterburg)
a substantial portion of Karelia. In turn, Russia paid two million Riksdaler and surrendered most of Finland. The Tsar retained some Finnish lands close to Saint Petersburg, which he had made his capital in 1712. Later years Peter's last years were marked by further reform in Russia. On 22 October 1721, soon after peace was made with Sweden, he was officially proclaimed Emperor of All Russia. Some proposed that he take the title Emperor of the East, but he refused. Gavrila Golovkin, the State Chancellor, was the first to add "the Great, Father of His Country, Emperor of All the Russias" to Peter's traditional title Tsar following a speech by the archbishop of Pskov in 1721. Peter's imperial title was recognized by Augustus II of Poland, Frederick William I of Prussia, and Frederick I of Sweden, but not by the other European monarchs. In the minds of many, the word emperor connoted superiority or pre-eminence over kings. Several rulers feared that
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