Only male-line grandson of Peter the Great, Peter Alekseevich was disregarded during the reign of Catherine I. When the majority of nobles supported his claims, Catherine made Peter her successor. Too young to rule, the government affair was entrusted on the Supreme Privy Council. The education of the young tsar was wisely entrusted to the vice-chancellor Andrei Osterman.

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