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    Help on Tsar Peter the Great's death

    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.

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    It's all here - Пётр I — Википедия
    BTW it wasn't bladder infection

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    Ok, but is there a legend about his death that might differ from wikipedia?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Anastasia13 View Post
    Ok, but is there a legend about his death that might differ from wikipedia?
    you can make up one I guess

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    History books described his death as "His powerful organism worn out by disease, strain, and an irregular life, he died on February 8, 1725, without designating a successor to his gloriously victorious, multinational, modernising, and exhausted empire".

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