On June 9, 1672 Peter the Great of Russia was born, the son of Alexis Michailovich Romanov and Natalia Narishkina, in Moscow, Russia . Alexis was delighted, to celebrate "a great gingerbread cake with the double eagle was made, cannons were fired, and bells rang all over the land" . He was not the natural successor to the throne and therefore it was not suspected that he would be the future czar of Russia.
It was not until the death of czar Alexis in 1676, at the age of 47, leaving his son Feodor , who was the son of his first wife, Maria Miloslavsky, the successor to the throne. It wa…
