Ten Minute History - Peter the Great and the Russian Empire (Short Documentary)
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Published 2019-01-21
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Recommended reading:
Simon Dixon - The Modernisation of Russia, 1676-1825. This book covers the period in great detail (barring a few oversights or assumptions on the part of the author) but be aware that whilst it works well covering themes of change, Chronologically its all over the place.
Merry E. Weisner Hanks - Early Modern Europe, 1450-1789. Any video covering early Modern Europe will include this books it's just that good. Fantastic for broader context and examining things like the Orthodox Church will most other overviews aren't great at.
All Comments (21)
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“...responsible for many sensible reforms...” Also Peter: Beard Tax
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"How long is eternity?" "66 years"
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'Peter banned lawyers from courtrooms because, and I'm not kidding here, they "talk too much" '😂😂😂
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“This led to Catherine the great, but that’s for another time”. What time man? I’m still waiting 🥺 Edit: Guys I know extra history exists
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"Lemme pick my heir" "Oh shit I forgot to pick one.. Nah, they'll figure it out."
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never stop making your death jokes, they are always funny.
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Why is every death in these videos so hilarious
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"I'm changing the rules of succession, from now on the crown goes to the person I pick" "lol, jk, I didn't actually pick anyone, my b"
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The fact that Peter decided he could choose the next heir regardless of whether or not it was his son to have a safer succession and forgetting to name an heir is hilarious. I can imagine in his final thoughts be "Now my heir need to... FUCK!"
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"the legislators will decide your fate" Peter: "I am the legislator"
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>alphabet reform >ябтль As a Russian native speaker, I admire your choice of consultants
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The torture of death of Alexei was downplayed. Everyone who even remotely seemed like he was friends with, were also tortured and executed. His servants were either beheaded or had their tongues cut out. Only THEN did he eventually die.
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Outstanding concise presentation. Your videos never fail to impress and give a few chuckles.
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He loved ships so much, he even worked in dock yards in both Arkhangelsk and London which is one of the reasons why he was keen on ships. He even made some people make ships in the Volga River.
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Fun fact: peter liked European style ships so much that he ordered a ship from Amsterdam, when it arrived it ofcourse had the dutch flag. Peter saw this and liked the colours so much that he took them and switched them around creating the russian flag.
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Something that isn’t often remembered is that Peter the Great was about 206 cm (6’9”) tall.
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"Preobrazhenskoye" means "Transfiguration" in Russian, in case anyone cared.
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Wow, so he went from "Czar" (=>"Caesar"=> "Roman Emperor") to "Imperator" (=> "Roman Emperor")
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I just love the dark toned humour about death in these videos
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Beard tax
