Although Peter the Great could only wear the imperial crown for just three years, his military, political, and social ...

Peter the Great’s house, a monument of wooden architecture, was restored in the capital. This is the only memorial museum in ...

In real life, Peter III's death was shrouded in mystery and conspiracy. In 1762, a coup led by the real Catherine the Great forced the unpopular emperor to abdicate the throne.

Monument to Peter the Great. View from park, with text of Peter's order (ukaz) to preserve the Pleshscheyevo flotilla. Summer 1911. Sergei Prokudin-Gorsky ...

The Great Season 3, Episode 6—aptly titled “Ice”—highlights the command of tone that has always made The Great, well, great. Peter’s death plunges his court into a kind of emotional ...

Peter waged the Great Northern War for 21 years with Sweden and annexed some territories. He didn’t annex anything, he reclaimed them! Yes, truly. All of Karelia where St. Petersburg exists was ...

Czar Peter the Great of Russia casts a long shadow over history. A giant of a man, with appetites for learning and adventure to match, he did more to modernize his country than pretty much any ...

The cataclysmic Battle of Poltova in the tumultuous reign of Peter The Great.

Dominic and Tom discuss the next deadly stage of the Great Northern War: from action-packed military conquests, to great betrayals, and the outbreak of Europe's greatest battle… ...

So, on the surface, The Great’s version of Elizabeth doesn’t always seem to bear much resemblance to her historical counterpart. Yes, she’s still Peter’s aunt and her affection for him is ...