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 other ...

Peter the Great: The Testament is a Russian TV series, made in 2011 and based on the novel by Daniil Granin's "Evenings with Peter the Great". The film was produced by Studio 2-B-2 entertainment and ...

London, 1811. "Peter, on this occasion, gave an example which ought to have gained him the affection of all his subjects. He ran every where in person, to put a stop to the pillage and ...

CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. When Peter the Great of Russia was 17 years old, he was married to a young noblewoman by the name of Eudoxia Lopukhina. It was a poor match--Peter ...