Question

Which Russian tsar supported intellectuals, poets, and playwrights and exchanged letters with Enlightenment philosophers?

Answer 1

It was Peter the Great who was the Russian tsar who supported intellectuals, poets, and playwrights and exchanged letters with Enlightenment philosophers

Answer 2

The correct answer is: "Peter the Great".

Peter the Great became tsar of Russia in 1682 and remained in power until his death in 1725. He enlarged the territorial possessions of the empire and, more importantly, he supported the cultural revolution based on the Enlightment and the replacement of medieval social and political systems with more modern ones based on scientific knowledge and reason.