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Peter the great

A monumental story of a monumental man, a true titan of history, whose love of western culture forced Russia into the modern age.

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  • "A monumental story of a monumental man, a true titan of history, whose love of western culture forced Russia into the modern age."@en
  • "In the seventeenth century, the expansive lands of Russia were united by the country's greatest tsar, Peter the Great. Despite his explosive temper and despotic favor of feudalism, Peter transformed Russia from a country struck in the Middle Ages to a vastly influential and cultured European power."@en
  • "This story brings to life one of the most remarkable rulers--and men--in all of history and conveys the drama of his life and world. The Russia of Peter's birth was very different from the Russia his energy, genius, and ruthlessness shaped. Crowned co-Tsar as a child of ten, after witnessing bloody uprisings in the streets of Moscow, he would grow up propelled by an unquenchable curiosity, everywhere looking, asking, tinkering, and learning, fired by Western ideas. We see Peter in his twenties traveling "incognito" with his ambassadors to the courts of Europe; as the victorious soldier proclaimed Emperor; as the simple workman at his forge; and as the visionary statesman who single-handedly created a formidable world power. Impetuous and stubborn, bawdy and stern, relentless in his perseverance, he was capable of the greatest generosity and the greatest cruelty."@en

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  • "Audiobooks"@en
  • "Biography"@en
  • "Biography"
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  • "History"@en
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  • "Peter the great"@en
  • "Peter the Great his life and world"@en
  • "Peter the Great, his life and world"
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