Peter the Great: Founder of the Russian Empire

[@registeelix]

You should do a biographic of Simon the Great. He was a guy who made KZbin videos on people and narrated their life for his audience.

[@sjakierulez]

Experts still aren't sure if he is a historic figure, a legend or a myth. He has done so much that it is almost impossible for him to be a mere mortal human.

[@WildStar2002]

Да здравствует Симон Великий!

[@renel8964]

Simon the bald!

[@stonnedgunnertv23]

SIMON the Wise

[@fluxcapacitor1621]

Simon the Likeable, KAOS agent.

[@jish55]

One of my favorite stories of Peter was when he was in Europe, they were studying medicine and a dead body was brought out for an autopsy. The people traveling with Peter got sick and left the room, which pissed Peter off so much that he went out, dragged each one of them back in and forced them to take a bite out of the dead body.

[@ammm-wq2mz]

In fact, this historical anecdote was invented after Peter's death, presumably in France. But it is repeated many times by many authors.)

[@archer3k1]

I legit spit out my tea reading this 🤣🤣

[@claudespeed277]

Lies

[@mnemonicpie]

Facts.

[@astarteswillum5259]

He's a Russian alright.

[@MonteCristoAUS]

This video would have been perfect for the Dollar Shave Club sponsorship

[@ahyan14]

Yup peter should have been a shaving company’s model

[@LJG69]

not much comments

[@kjah06]

This comment is underrated 😂

[@ignitionfrn2223]

1:10 - Chapter 1 - Early years 3:30 - Chapter 2 - Ascension to the throne 5:15 - Chapter 3 - The moscow uprising 8:20 - Mid roll ads 9:20 - Chapter 4 - The dual reign 11:15 - Chapter 5 - Peter takes power 12:45 - Chapter 6 - A new russia 16:30 - Chapter 7 - Building a maritime power 18:00 - Chapter 8 - The great northern war 21:35 - Chapter 9 - Later years

[@-MoistPalone-]

Doing the lords work my friend.

[@ljphoenix4341]

You a legend for doing this 👌🔥

[@Erik-sw3tc]

Charles XII would make an awesome episode, so much happend during his reign. He even killed bears with just his saber because he thought the musket took away some of the fun. Absolutely mad lad he was.

[@ethanramos4441]

“It’s my great desire to reform my subjects, and yet I am ashamed to confess that I am unable to reform myself” Peter the Great

[@fcukugimmeausername]

I like to think Simon talks like this all the time outside KZbin and narrates his own life out loud. "Simon woke one morning, only to discover it was Monday. He went to his Office, hoping for his usual morning coffee... but , things went downhill from here. You see, someone had used the last of the coffee, and refilled... it was not. Thus began another Monday morning."

[@robertbundick93]

During sex would be hilarious.

[@ScoriacTears]

@@robertbundick93 The add breaks would be a right put off, and he's bound to start waffling on about Brilliant or something.

[@micfail2]

@@ScoriacTears "speaking of getting off, let me tell you about today's sponsor, p*rnhub" 😆

[@eightcastlez]

Ur name is awesome

[@Tendies7645]

I would love that

[@rachellabovitch1280]

Great video as always. PLEASE do some composers! Mozart, Bach, Beethoven, Schubert, Tchaikovsky or any of the greats! :)

[@NefariousKoel]

Russia's only port, Arkhangelsk, didn't access "the North Sea" as you stated. It's access was to the North Atlantic, and part of the problem was that it would be closed for part of the year during winter due to ice.

[@inkdreams5113]

Of course this would be true if it weren’t for Europe...

[@omgitsjoetime]

Ink Dreams what are you talking about?

[@Mike-tg7dj]

I guess this is why Russia is the leader when it comes to ice breaking ships they are the best.

[@reillyflaherty9234]

Still a problem for them to this day

[@MidnightMan5001]

"I'm picking up where Peter The Great left off. Bring sexy back to House Romanov!"

[@jakebridges6845]

ERB

[@slavic_viking9638]

"So don't call me queen, I am far more great"

[@SilenTHerO78614]

He was certainly a mad lad during his time in London, definitely one of the few historical figures I would love to get absolutely tanked with.

[@EveTheGuardian]

I was listening to this and thought "Kiev? Isn't that in Ukraine? Why is that part of Poland?" Then I remembered Ukraine wasn't a thing until recently. History can be pretty wack sometimes, man

[@blackwidowsm]

The Dad Joke Guy Poland was an empire prior to existence of Russian and other counties you see today. Russia not only got Ukraine from Poland but Kiev quite a few years earlier and that was Russia’s first capital city as that state evolved.

[@TIMviser]

@@blackwidowsm Kiev was not the first capital of Russia.

[@C152SharjilJafri-hd5tq]

@@TIMviser He meant Kievan Rus',man.

[@TIMviser]

@@C152SharjilJafri-hd5tq Well, he wrote about the city, but even if it was about Kievan Rus, then nothing changes. The origins of that Rus are in the north, in Novgorod Rus. It was from there that Prince Oleg and his retinue captured Kiev. But in order to manage all the lands normally, it was more convenient to make Kiev the capital, and since then Kiev has acquired such a metropolitan significance from where the Princes rule. But of course this is a purely utilitarian meaning, and then a formal one. Direct development of the state and Kiev are not connected.

[@learnyourself8327]

​@@C152SharjilJafri-hd5tqit was Kiev, it was never been called Kievan Rus, first time documented Kievan Rus was mentioned in poetry in 19 century, in History it was never been called Kievan Rus

[@franciscobuenrostro3891]

This is my favorite KZbin channel at the moment. I have been waiting for this video for a while, thank you. I would also like to see videos on 1. Nicholas II 2. Abraham Lincoln 3. Profirió Díaz 4. José de San Martin 5. Origen

[@HenrikoMagnifico]

Infirm in the body and mind is a next level burn

[@ahmedhamid2000422]

😂😂bro after seeing his picture that’s definitely the best description of him 😂😂😂

[@rami_ungar_writer]

Good thing beard taxes aren't a thing. Otherwise, Simon would have to make a very large withdrawal. ;)

[@chrisadlc1]

Now imagine Simon clean shaven with a full head of hair.. the world turned upside down

[@karinel8248]

It is a fierce beard isn't it ? 👍🏼

[@calisahardy4845]

@@karinel8248 Yes, I quite like it!😏

[@kenschortgenjr7540]

Im surprised you didn't mention there at the end that Peter had gotten pneumonia due to wading out into the frigid sea in order to save the crew of a floundering ship.

[@ECloudDog]

some suggestions: Marshal Pétain (leader of Vichy France) Chiang Kai-Shek (leader of the Republic of China and the Kuomintang) Getúlio Vargas (dictator of Brazil and one of the most important people in its history) Rosa Luxemburg (important Communist revolutionary) Mustafa Kemel Atatürk (father of the modern Turkish state) Carl Gustaf Mannerheim (Finnish hero who served as the head of the military in ww2) Queen Wilhelmina (queen of the Netherlands during ww2) Antonio de Olivieria Salazar (reformer and dictator of Portugal)

[@jmchez]

Definitely must do a video on Atatürk.

[@jonnnyren6245]

Marshal Pétain? The biggest traitor in French history?

[@nomeyodomar]

António de Oliveira Salazar? The dictator that merged Portugal into misery and obscurity?

[@darthvenator2487]

Dom Pedro II the Brazilian colossus.

[@vcor1763]

Importantly, Russia made it clear that Peter the Great did not have a mob of oligarchs sailing the world on luxury yachts...

[@Кошкин-м1ш]

You wrong, they was

[@ivannadtochiev1849]

Great video, as usual. I just realized that by now ive been listening to your videos for around 8 hours straight. Thanks for amazing content. If you dont mind, in a video abou Zhukov you said he was "The greatest Russian military mind". But that title belongs to another man, Alexander Suvorov. Hes probably much less known outside of Russia, but his story in unrivaled in Russian history. Come to think of it, over the entire recorded history there are but a handfull of military minds to match his record. So yeah, if you ever feel like it, could you do a video about him?

[@noreply-7069]

Suvorov is known in Finland at least.

[@navidhendrix]

Check out that crazed look of the painting of Sophia 11:20 LOLOLOL The poor boy in the back saw hell.

[@semaj_5022]

That picture was terrifying omg

[@Giovanni_-xf8if]

6 foot 8 😱 he is even tall by todays standards but back then he must have been a giant back then the average person was only 5 foot 4

[@sgtsnake8087]

21:08 Broken Dreams so Grand! Sing of His Final Stand! LONG LIVE CAROLUS!

[@Cityinlead]

Brought by soldier’s hands, back to the Fatherland! LONG LIVE CAROLUS

[@Treyonthehunt]

Peter is always a cool guy to hear about

[@Mornomgir]

Poltava happened before the winter in question. The Battle of poltava is also a keyhole historical point.

[@Marcus51090]

I think Simon could play captain Picard in the stargazer series in development (captain Picard’s voyages when he commanded the star gazer)

[@omgitsjoetime]

Marcus W nah.

[@masonchurch680]

Can you do one on Charles 12th of Sweden. Long Live Carolus Rex

[@gearhead2255]

I WAS CHOSEN BY HEAVEN, SAY MY NAME WHEN YOU PRAY

[@mikecimerian6913]

A stableman named Menchikov saved his life while he was hiding from the mob. Peter elevated him later as chief of the Russian army procurement where he continued to be a scoundrel by diverting funds to his pocket. Peter knew about this but spared him as he had been with him on his tour of Europe during their between deals drinking binges and for the debt of his life. Crimea is Russian thank to him. As the father of the Russian navy he would go work at shipbuilding yards along with journeymen and shipwrights just to sweat off political stress by working with his hands. He built palaces for most of his friends but chose to live in a two story house named the Admiralty House in St-Petersburg where he had a view of the port and kept a frugal style of life compared to the company he was keeping. I read Massé's biography a while back . Quite possibly the best biography available in English. Yep guess I am one of his fans and many thanks for this succinct yet complete review. As a country builder he could also be a tyrant. 30,000 people died while turning marshes into St-Petersburg. He was a pragmatist in manner of states and quite often the ends dictated the means. Charles XII his Swedish king opponent was quite the man too. It would be nice to have a biography of him also. The Swedish army was the best of Europe, taking on battles with three vs one odds. They were dressed with cap, coat and trousers very much like a 19th century army whilst the opponents still had frills on their uniforms. (edited)

[@Monatio79]

Good stuff as always. I look forward to many future uploads. May I suggest the following ? (If you haven't covered them yet) Chandragupta Maurya, Marcus Crassus, the Surena, Julia Agrippina, Khalid Bin Walid, El Cid, Tomoe Gozen, Vlad "the impaler" Tepes, Blackbeard, Horatio Nelson, Ryoma Sakamoto, Ataturk, the Dalai Lama, Francois "Papa Doc" Duvalier, Nicolae Ceausescu, Malcolm X, Ayatollah Khomeini, Muhammed Ali, Nelson Mandela, Aung San Suu Kyi.

[@dmitryferulev4606]

Thanks Simon for diving so deep into my culture and history of my country. Big fan🤩

[@Biographics]

Thank you, Monday.com for making this one possible! Check out Monday.com: go.thoughtleaders.io/1421920191209

[@fairytail4lifenalu86]

Would love you to do Simon De Monfort & his wife Eleanor. Fascinating family

[@alexanderveritas]

First and most important rule if you want to keep the power: _never anger the military._ Second rule: _Never invade Russia during winter._

[@ammm-wq2mz]

I don't like 2. This is another hidden chauvinism towards Russians. And the excuse of the European invaders. All enemies usually attacked Russia in the summer, and were defeated at any time of the year.

[@pyromania1018]

@@ammm-wq2mz Exactly. Even Hitler wasn't dumb enough to attack during winter, though he WAS dumb enough to keep fighting after it came.

[@Mig29tvc]

Doesn't matter when you invide Russia. The winter will come.

[@pyromania1018]

@@Mig29tvc Subutai managed it because (a) his army was used to cold climates, and (b) the Russian bigwigs were too focused on fighting each other than him.

[@Mig29tvc]

@@pyromania1018 Exactly.

[@joheyjonsson2825]

I'd love to see a video on Charles XII and the Carolinean Death March. Would be amazing to see an outside perspective, since I've only ever heard the stories from an inside perspective.

[@Mandalore733]

I love learning history from the voice of Obiwan Kenobi.

[@johnkhan4418]

The best Tsar/King of old Russian history. Long live Peter the great. Rest in Peace!

[@viktor9461]

Would be great to do a video about emperor Meiji

[@kirstyjones898]

No mention of his fascinating second wife who went on to become Catherine I of Russia, ruler within her own right.

[@omgitsjoetime]

Kirsty Jones a lot of these videos are very well put together and sound really “official” but it’s just a psychological ploy for the viewers. There’s really very little information in these or rather inaccurate claims. For example there was one that involved The D-Day invasion of Normandy and they basically said that it was only possible due to “the Germans poor intelligence system” rather than giving credit to the Extreme lengths the Allies went to that made sure the Germans didn’t find the actual invasion site. IE they dropped fake documents for the Germans to find, they built up an entirely fake Army In a different area including inflatable tanks to distract the Germans, etc.

[@deedragongirl]

So, that's why Peter was very paranoid towards his estranged son, Alexei.

[@MF-LXRD]

I can never get me enough of history :)

[@phillipsnijders5933]

Love your videos, Simon. However, I must correct you on Arkhangelsk being a port on the North Sea. It is on the White Sea, the North Sea being in between England, Denmark, The Netherlands and Norway.

[@johnfletcher9410]

Very well done Peter also got rid of the office of Patriarch and put the Russian Orthodox church under state control by Holy Synod. This was a fine summary of one of the Romanov greatest tsar and westernized. Peter took the title Emperor.

[@Morbos1000]

Rarely am I frightened by anything I see on KZbin, but yikes is that painting of Sofia terrifying!

[@Wowvod]

Must’ve been crazy to see this guy in person, being 6’8 by 24.

[@bryonyboo3234]

Pls can u do mary queen of scots 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@silvertemplar8061]

Baron are you sure?

[@dougstubbs9637]

She was French, never even visited Scotland as a child.

[@MF-LXRD]

Dude this is not a request channel. He'll get to her when they get to her she'll more then likely get done at some point.

[@ECloudDog]

@@MF-LXRD It is a request channel. If you watch the final part of the Francisco Franco video, he clearly requests a suggestion for the next video.

[@rachelruthfrankle3905]

Mary Queen of Scots was sent to France by her mother to protect her from Henry the Eighth who wanted her for his son. This was known as the rough wooing. She adopted the French style which caused friction when she returned to Scotland who were mainly Protestant and feared her Catholic beliefs.

[@Mike-tg7dj]

One other comment: It was said that the second Strelsy uprising was the excuse Peter was looking for the rid himself of that outfit. We know that he went back to Russia crushed the rebellious Strelsy whom he tried, tortured, executed. What no one talked about was how he treated his half sister Sophia. He assumed she instigated the uprising so he had her stripped of her titles and put in a convent it obviously was somewhere close to Moscow because their is a painting of Sophia where she is standing in front of a window in the Russian style and outside the window hangs a dead Strelsy soldier. It was said that Peter's dealing with this was so complete that he ran out of places to dispatch the convicted that they hung the Strelsy from the Kremlin walls. The painting of Sophia is real and probably is hanging in a Russian museum. I saw it in my Russian history textbook.

[@AnonYmous-du4ke]

4 commercials in a 20 minute video plus commercial within the video itself is a little bit of overkill

[@TheMagicalBIob]

I want to purchase Simon's beard for myself

[@AnnaKaunitz]

Skankhunt42 Now now, don’t be greedy :)

[@Psychol-Snooper]

Is that a beard? I thought he just puts his toupee on upside down. That is quite the beard if true, though you must forgive my incredulity!

[@Psychol-Snooper]

@Jason Bouphasavanh Well, it is a mysterious chin ornamentation, whatever the truth. I;m glad it was not just me!

[@MF-LXRD]

@@Psychol-Snooper what? That literally makes no sense at all whatsoever not even for a minute.

[@Psychol-Snooper]

@@MF-LXRD Not even for a full minute! Is that how long it takes to discover you don't understand satire? XD

[@andriesoliviier9529]

And the Whistler Express keeps on rolling. Great job!

[@Biographics]

Thanks :)

[@heroldmpetha2919]

OK so how do we get Netflix to do a movie or series about my guy p, and his rise to power

[@MrEngAndy]

22 min video, 5 adverts. thanks youtube

[@manitobant6738]

Do tsar nicholas ii next!

[@raydavison4288]

Alexander II would be a better choice.

[@ernievazquezwhite2792]

Nicholas II has been long waited... and there is sos much that unfolded, personal, WWI, monarchich family connections, Bolshevism, last tsar of Russia

[@cv4809]

II not ii...

[@EmilyJelassi]

You should do a video on the Romanoff family.. their history is fascinating

[@cassandraralph5906]

Thank you for this most interesting and educational video ! I learned something new today again!

[@soulfox619]

This channel needs more portuguese historical figures. Awesome chanel congratulations.

[@dorinpopa6962]

Suggestion: Dimitrie Cantemir, Prince of Moldova. He knew many languages, besides Romanian he knew Russian, Latin, Greek, Turkish, Arabic and Persian(Farsi) and maybe others that I don't remember right now, had famous philosophers and scientists as friends or acquaintances, when Peter invaded the Ottoman Empire during the Prut campaign he turned against the Ottomans, but was forced to flee with Peter. He became one of Peter's advisors and was the main advisor during the Persian campaign, because of his knowledge and Ottoman education. He was also member of the Berlin Science Academy. Long story short, a really interesting chap with an eventful and colorful life.

[@stevencorey1278]

Please do a segment on the Bee Gees...maybe sing one of their songs...STAYIN ALIVE, perhaps?

[@HappyHoney41]

OMG. He's my 24th great grandfather...

[@meggorogers]

Can you do a video on Huey P. Long?

[@JDoc-ib5wp]

Yes ! That's a great idea.

[@joepeake8972]

He's done one now.

[@meggorogers]

Joe Peake I saw! It’s so good

[@joepeake8972]

@@meggorogers Maybe he read your comment!

[@TheMarkster245]

Does anyone else just love the way he says empire

[@princenoble6968]

you got everything right ..... but why y'all wont admit that so-called black people ruled and were the nobility of Europe from the late second century A.D. all the way to the mid 1800s ???????

[@ssrmy1782]

One of Peter's drinking buddies on his tour of England was Edmund Halley. It seems they got on like a house on fire due to Peter's interest in Science and innovation. They also were said to have caused a lot of damage during their p.iss-ups.

[@alistertowelie]

thank you,, simon, for providing exactly the content and information i am looking for.

[@johnstackhouse1706]

You should do every Tsar.

[@Marechalkev327]

They did the last Tsar already, Tsar V.V. Putin, that's all that matters.

[@originalleirvag7841]

John Stackhouse Tsars Michael Alexis Feodor Paul I Alexanders I,II,and III Nicholas’ I and II

[@tabathafeucht3513]

Agreed.

[@originalleirvag7841]

Only the ones that reigned long enough at least 5 years

[@travisa7669]

I vaguely remember NBC showing a mini-series about Peter the Great. Wikipedia confirmed what I do remember about it: Maximillian Schell played the adult Peter. My history loving dad watched a few of the four episodes. Just sharing a memory.

[@patrickcurtis4188]

Please do Davy Crockett king of the wild frontier

[@baejoonil8785]

"You can't have a Navy on land" Mongolian Navy: Allow us to introduce ourselves

[@mesutozil3167]

do one on the enemy of Peter the great, Charles of Sweden. He was a great military leader and a very admirable guy who got unlucky. If he hadn't have invaded Russia in winter, Sweden would probably be a giant power today.

[@СергейКонтратьев-э7щ]

Actually he invaded Russia in summer.

[@MrEvan1932]

Unlucky? More like cocky and arrogant

[@tyryonolofing3405]

Yep. He thought, that Denmark is a greatest threat and as a secondary seen union of Polish Commonwealth (which name in polish, actually, means just Republic) and Saxony. As a result, he was lured into a strategic and tactic plot by Peter and Ukrainian Hetman Mazepa. Also being too focused on his own matters, he failed to notice rapid changes in Russia and Peter's diplomacy with northern Germany states. Si, when Peter only once defeated Charles, everything already was set to crush Swedish Empire, as fast as possible. Even that took yen years.

[@jacobbuckner3570]

With president’s day in 2 months u should do a special over presidents like Madison, Monroe, Jackson; etc

[@kencoston3858]

These would be much better if the commercials were parred back somewhat.

[@DM-cd6jj]

Do a video about Marquise de Sade.

[@ShannonCarter55]

That's be terrifying :)

[@guilhermesequeira9373]

Thanks great video maybe one on Abraham Lincoln

[@walterbenjamin1386]

There is a magnificent film dramatization of this story, made in the Soviet days, of a superb opera called Khovanshchina. It was by Mussorgsky, on KZbin, and is considered one of the greatest Russian operas.

[@augustus331]

Last time I was this early Russia was still an Euro-friendly empire

[@micfail2]

@Kyril J okay little guy 😆

[@TheMystikal82]

So many CNN fans here

[@augustus331]

@Kyril J Idk in what world you live but after shooting down MH17, the EU fcking hates Putin's russia, and for good reason

[@emilitious7886]

@@augustus331 Russia wasn't responsible for that and everyone knows that

[@augustus331]

@@emilitious7886 the Russians recently admitted that their explanation was false from the beginning. Don't buy into Russian spin and propaganda, I'm sure you're smarter than that

[@deemariedubois4916]

Peter the Great wanted to remove power from the Boyars, the Royal elite, who were isolationists not wanting European influence but to maintain Slavic supremacy. Cutting of the beards and the beard tax was aimed at the Boyars who took great pride in their beards like Simon and me in my husband’s beard. My husband has only shaved off his beard once during our marriage-our 40th anniversary will be in Nov.-and I politely explained to him, it wouldn’t happen again. It hasn’t. When he gets his hair cut, he also has his beard kept tidy and trimmed. I digress. Interestingly, Peter didn’t trump up charges against the Boyars and use those fake claims to justify imprisoning or killing the Boyar Royals as was the norm. Instead Peter introduced the TABLE OF RANKS which was among the most audacious of his reforms, and a direct blow to the power of the Boyars which would change Russian society significantly. Up to then high-ranking state positions were hereditary, but the establishment of the Table of Ranks, meant anyone, including a commoner, could work their way up to the bureaucratic hierarchy with sufficient hard work and skill. This introduced a new generation of technocrats which soon supplanted the old Boyar class. Don’t you know these basically do nothing Royals who reveled in their cushy inherited positions attained from long lineages of we-are-better-than-everyone-else BY BIRTH, were furious by the time they realized the full extent of what TABLE OF RANKS meant to their privileged status but this new system and the technocrats who worked hard to advance within the new TOR dominated the civil service in Russia. With minimal modifications, the Table of Ranks remained in effect until the Russian Revolution of 1917.

[@yamchathewolf7714]

He didn't think about table of ranksing the heredetary position of his own family though.

[@Cityinlead]

Now to balance things out, let’s hear about Carolus Rex

[@hexofhades]

Please do one on Emperor Rudolph II!

[@mrbilter83]

14:47 i never thought Peter was such a giant man 2.07m huh

[@chucknorris202]

You should do a video on Napoleon if you havent already. I havent seen it if you have. but a biographics video i mean. Also Im interested in more Roman and ancient Greek biographics. We covered Claudius, and Trajan, and Vespasian so far, do more! Roman Emperors or Roman Generals or just prominent famous Romans, it'd be great. Perhaps you can do one on Julius Caesar? And DEFINITELY one on Augustus Caesar? I just got done reading Augustus entire life in the Roman historian Suetonius so thats still fresh in my mind.

[@Sir.JohnHawkins]

Please do one on Sir John Hawkins!

[@jenny4994]

Can you do a video about King Gustav Vasa? ( also known as Gustav I of Sweden)

[@elihentai8242]

Im super proud that i was born in St. Petersburg

[@ceemillz215]

Leningrad

[@str8edgerockstar956]

привет из Мехико

[@michaelhurley3171]

Russia or Florida?

[@elihentai8242]

@@michaelhurley3171 wait there's petersburg in florida?

[@michaelhurley3171]

@@elihentai8242 Yes, it's neat Tampa.

[@trueblueclue]

"Babe you messed up... You know the drill. To the convent you go."

[@nomfundomdluli1544]

I have always been curious about this ruler, thanks Simon. P.S may i plz join your crew fr 5he SIMONCITO show named after you😉😁💖

[@VisshanVis]

I have an idea for another person you could do a video about Simon, Nelson Mandela

[@Hadar1991]

@Biographics - please consider doing biographies of: - Władysław II Jagiełło (Grand Duke of Lithuania and King of Poland), - Stephen Báthory (Prince of Transylvania, King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania), - Piotr Skarga (Polish Jesuit, preacher, hagiographer, polemicist, and leading figure of the Counter-Reformation in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth) - Nicolaus Copernicus (one of most known astronomers, son of germanized Poles), - Ignacy Łukasiewicz (creator of petroleum industry), - Stefan Banach (one of the best mathematicians in history, founder of functional analysis), - Zbigniew Herbert (Polish poet who never bow down to communist regime), - Stanisław Lem (one of the greatest sci-fi writers), - Witold Pilecki (Polish officer who was Allied spy in German Nazi Concentration and Extermination Camp "Auschwitz Birkenau", who was purposely imprisoned in Auschwitz concentration camp and managed to escape from it). I have selected people from related to Polish history who should have much more international recognition than the have. In the fullness of time Polish history is not only John III Sobieski, Tadeusz Kościuszko, Kazimierz Pułaski (a.k.a. Casimir Pulaski), Joseph Conrad, Maria Skłodowska-Curie, Roman Dmowski, Józef Piłsudski, John Paul II, Lech Wałęsa, Andrzej Wajda, Roman Polański (some of whom have much more recognition than they ever should). :P

[@Matt-yj1lz]

Some historian people came to my grandmothers house and they told us they tracked her down to being the last known relative of Peter the great. I had no idea he was this big of a deal lol

[@jacobotha8349]

😢 miss this guy on biographics 😢

[@FranzJosephI.]

Please Peter III.

[@omgitsjoetime]

Franz Joseph I gtfo

[@FranzJosephI.]

@@omgitsjoetime What does this mean?

[@thunderbird1921]

AKA possibly the most pathetic monarch in Europe's last 300 years. One quickly realizes why Catherine overthrew him so easily.

[@Jasmin-sw7uz]

Awesome video! Thanks so much!

[@Wardner213]

Could you please do a bio on Ip Man? Thank you :)

[@originalleirvag7841]

Do any russian tsar

[@dith1x990]

Nicholas II pls

[@waverider8549]

Nicholas II please

[@originalleirvag7841]

Nicholas II Then Alexander II Then Alexander I Then Nicholas I Alexander III Paul I

[@tapanthaker8005]

How about Lenin insted of Tzars ? Cause you know....

[@tegwaturan2994]

@@originalleirvag7841 u

[@arsenijsaleksejevs1803]

You should make a biography on Peter III of Russia. An amazing biography on Peter I I loved it

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This might be the video with the most ads I've ever seen

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Peter's stance on facial hair lives on at BYU.

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My dear man! Are you cold? Is that a space heater in the back?

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it is a light.

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Funfact: peter the great came to amsterdam in the late 17th century because he wanted to learn all about shipbuilding and tactics, he was watching a demonstration battle and he was so impressed that he took the colours of the Dutch flag switched them around creating the modern Russian flag.

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I visited the graves of Peter and the other Romanovs in St Petersburg.

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I wish there was more said about his second wife Catherine. She was a camp follower (officially as a cook) who came from a common stock. She was immensely strong physically and of a cheerful nature that so appealed to Peter. She cheated once, though, and Peter had her lover beheaded and his head pickled in a jar. Speaking of beheadings, he also executed the lover that his first wife took while being held against her will at a monastery. She outlived most of the protagonists of this story.

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A video on Serge Witte ?

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I 💘 this channel

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Please do Sigismund III Vasa or Stanisław August Poniatowski

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Emil Kiełczyński Grandpa Gustav Vasa says no

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Fun fact: he died on the same year as of his cousin, Gustav ii of sweden, although he is better know as gustavus adolphus