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Three centuries without Peter the Great, the mirror in which Putin looks: "He has no other history to talk about than the Russian Empire"
But, above all, it shifted the center of power in northern Europe from Stockholm to St. Petersburg and turned Russia into an empire, with its tsar, Peter the Great, becoming its first emperor.
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Putin praises Peter the Great’s role in building Russian state
The exposition, dubbed ‘Peter the Great. The Birth of Empire,’ is designed in the form of an immersive biography performance MOSCOW, June 9. /TASS/. Russian President Vladimir Putin has ...
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The true story behind the mysterious prisoner in 'Catherine the Great' is incredibly tragic
Most of that can be chalked up to the family drama of Peter The Great, who is mentioned a lot in Catherine the Great as the iconic ruler who founded St. Petersburg and brought Russia into a new ...
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Peter and Paul Fortress
Peter the Great commissioned the building of a fort ... the cathedral also houses the remains of centuries of Russian czars and their families. The Grand Ducal Burial Chapel, which is connected ...
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Peter the Great monument dismantled in Poltava – photos
A monument to the Russian Emperor Peter the Great has been dismantled in Poltava in accordance with Ukrainian law and in compliance with all the required procedures. Source: acting Mayor of Poltava ...