Even his early biographies, like the one Voltaire wrote about him in History of the Russian Empire under the reign of Peter ...

TROTTING AT EMPIRE TRACK; J. Malcolm Forbes's Peter the Great Wins the $5,000 Stake. TOBOGGAN TAKES 2:25 PACE Four Heats Are Required to Decide the 2:18 Trot, and Result in Closest Finishes of the ...

Peter the Great's Secret Will; Instructions to His Successors Concerning Methods to Be Followed to Make Russia a World Empire. Share full article. Feb. 21, 1904.

You are the descendants of great Russia: the great Russia of saints, rulers, the great Russia of Peter I, Catherine II, that empire — educated, great culture and great humanity," he told them in ...

How Catherine really became 'The Great' Once the upstart foreigner stole Russia’s throne, there was no stopping her enlightened reforms, her empire's expansion, and her pursuit of love and legacy.

Tsar Peter III and his wife Catherine by Georg Cristoph Grooth. He reigned only six months, and died on July 17, 1762. Wikimedia. With his help, she staged a coup and dethroned Peter III “like a ...

He conquered land across three continents, ruled over states from Egypt to modern-day India, and never lost a battle – before dying, aged just 32. Alexander the Great’s legacy has given him ...

But for all of his focus on Peter, Putin’s favorite topic is the fifteen years between 1768 and 1783 when Russia defeated the Ottoman Empire, stripped it of the Crimean Khanate, and annexed Crimea.

Pope Francis came under criticism on Monday for telling Russian youths to remember that they are the heirs of past tsars such as Peter the Great, who President Vladimir Putin has held up as an ...

Pope Francis has come under fire after he encouraged Russian youths not to give up their “legacy” as heirs of a “great, enlightened Russian empire.” “Never give up this legacy, you are the heirs of ...