Peter the great.

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 …

…from Hamburg, Lilac bushes from Lubeck, and flower seeds from Amsterdam. By 1710, they popped up all over Russia, many of which were hand-planted by Peter himself. Due to the fact that so many people came to Saint Petersburg, there became a major cultural clash in Russia. Germans, French, Danish, and Scottish soon became known as the new Russians, making their homes primarily in Saint Petersburg. Saint Petersburgwas Russia's graceful international offspring of the 18th century.