The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_Empire" id="mwOg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Russian Empire">Russian Empire</a> is proclaimed by Tsar <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_the_Great" id="mwOw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Peter the Great">Peter I</a> after the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swedish_Empire" id="mwPA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Swedish Empire">Swedish</a> defeat in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Northern_War" id="mwPQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Great Northern War">Great Northern War</a>.