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Events on Sunday 20 June 1717 1
1717Peter the Great visits ParisRussian tsar tours France to court an allianceTsar Peter I of Russia spent several weeks in Paris in the spring of 1717 as part of a wider tour of Western Europe. He met the child king Louis XV and inspected French institutions, seeking closer ties between Russia and France. The visit reflected Peter's broader push to modernize Russia along European lines.