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Q: How did Tsar Petr the Great die, and why is it ironic?
A: Czar Peter the Great loved water and died of a bladder infection, gangrene.
Q: I was looking for the catalyst that hastened this problem.. a particular event
A:... Ideas? I have searched the internet and am not finding what I recognize as the catalyst. Please help. Thank you. Spasibo.
He was said to die after saving 20 soldiers on a boat near Lakhta on a tour of St. Peterburg and surrounds on November 5th 1724. The story may be true and his underlying condition; he had large kidney stones and had an operation the autumn before, was exacerbated by this, but his death followed two months and 3 days later and was not a direct result of the incident.