Peter the great biography essay books
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Peter the Great: A Biography
Regularly voted at the greatest Russian or his reign the great period in history of the country, Peter the Great is not controversial in the mind of the average Russian.
Peter the great biography essay books
The man founded St Petersburg (a Dutch not German name, technically for Saint Peter not himself), dragged Russia into the 18th century, Europe and the world stage, was the founder of the Russian navy, the victor of Poltava. However, he was also an autocrat, violent, immovable and lost the southern provenances.
Equally popular and unpopular with differing groups in his lifetime, Peter has now been engraved into stone in the history of Russia. As Simon Sebag Montefiore says ‘it all starts with Peter’ and every Russian ruler has wanted to emulate him.
Either way the man was remarkable and exciting.
Lindsey Hughes does a great job on bringing this all to life in this short and concise biography. For me a little too short in places, but in analysis I’d argue