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One ruler with this first name put a rat on trial for chewing on toy soldiers. That ruler with this first name sparked the Second Miracle of the House of Brandenburg (-5[1])by making (-5[2])peace with Prussia (10[1])before later being deposed in a coup by his wife Catherine. (10[1])Another ruler with this first name (10[2])founded his country’s first naval base, (10[3])Taganrog, after touring Europe on his “Grand (10[1])Embassy.” (10[1])A modernizing tsar with this first name (10[2])defeated Charles XII in the Great Northern War and built a new capital city on the Baltic Sea named for his namesake saint. For 10 points, give this name of three Russian tsars, the first (10[1])of whom was titled “the Great.” ■END■

ANSWER: Peter [or Pyotr; accept Peter I or Peter the Great or Peter III]
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2024 ACF Fall at CornellfallY978%0%44%60.29
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