Peter III, once placed a rat on trial, it was found guilty & sent to the gallows She was a well educated and pragmatic daughter of an impoverished Prussian prince who grew into the longest-ruling female leader of the Russian empire and one of the most celebrated Russian rulers of either gender. Tsar Peter III of Russia Court-Martialed and Hanged a Rat Which Had Chewed the Heads Off His Toy Soldiers. 10 February] 1728 – 17 July [O.S. Peter III turned  everyone against him. Moreover, he then became allied with the enemy,  Frederick the Great and he dressed Russian soldiers in blue Prussian uniforms, marching them around Prussian style. Posted by 5 months ago At the age of twenty five, Peter found that two of his toy soldiers had their heads chewed. 6 July] 1762) (Russian: Пётр III Фëдорович, Pyotr III Fyodorovich) was Emperor of Russia for six months in 1762. He brought Russia out of the Seven Years’ War, despite the success of Russian army. Catherine the Great of Russia wrote in her autobiography that Tsar Peter III as a young boy had several hundred toy soldiers made of wood, lead, starch, and wax: "They were all paraded on festive occasions, and a special arrangement of springs which could be released by pulling a string, produced a sound as if they fired their guns." Peter III (21 February [O.S.