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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.
Two priests held over plot to assassinate Putin’s personal Bishop in monastery bomb attack
TWO priests have been held on suspicion of plotting the assassination of Vladimir Putin’s personal confessor. The pair were said to have been recruited by Ukraine to kill Bishop Tikhon Shev­kunov, ...
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Peter the Great (1986)
Peter the Great is a 1986 NBC television mini-series starring Maximilian Schell as Russian emperor Peter the Great, and based on the biography by Robert K. Massie. It won three Primetime Emmy ...
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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 ...