Background
When his father Boris died in 1719, tsar Peter promised to be "like a father" to Boris"s children, and young Pyotr was brought up at court as a companion to the heir to the throne, who became tsar Peter World War II
When his father Boris died in 1719, tsar Peter promised to be "like a father" to Boris"s children, and young Pyotr was brought up at court as a companion to the heir to the throne, who became tsar Peter World War II
He was a lover of art and theater, using his vast wealth to remodel the Sheremetev Palace (known as the "Fountain House") on the Fontanka Embankment and the family estate at Kuskovo, where he collected a gallery of portraits, and to create a famous serf orchestra. Their son was Nikolai Sheremetev.
