Peter the Great - Russia's Greatest Tsar Documentary

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[@LindaCooper-i3f]

Not too bad, but my ex-husband and oldest son are biological descendants of Peter The Great.

[@HistoryMarche]

Ahh, my favorite biography channel releases on the same day as me. Time to set aside 40min for this gem!

[@PeopleProfiles]

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[@muhammadgbadegesin8043]

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[@toddbonin6926]

This was very good. Peter the Great is one of my favorite characters from history. Such energy, such excitement, such accomplishment! Thank you for sharing this wonderful video!

[@LindaCooper-i3f]

Peter was a good man, some people just didn’t like his reforms.

[@virginiajune4812]

I like how he took lowly positions to learn from the bottom up

[@rathertiredofthemess2841]

Yeah well he didn’t suffer for it.

[@andypotanin]

So the boys he would play war games with that got promoted meritoriously ended up protecting the family for like 300 years... That's a pretty baller investment.

[@coopsevy5664]

Where can I read about this investigation that your speaking of? 300 year investigation?

[@LindaCooper-i3f]

He believed that high rank in the military needed to be earned instead bought as if it was merchandise.

[@LindaCooper-i3f]

Try your local library for starters.

[@williampowers2932]

Abraham Lincoln is said to have remarked, "I never met a man capable of wonderful things that was not also capable of terrible things.

[@LindaCooper-i3f]

Probably his way of comparing Tsar Peter The Great and Ivan The Terrible.

[@redbirdacres]

I enjoyed this history lesson immensely. It seems that Peter the Great was mostly a reformer, rather than a tyrant. He sure had a profound yearning for learning and traveling.

[@springspring3341]

Having said that he had a tyrannical side to him and used his powers without remorse or boundaries. NOT SURE I ADMIRE HIM 100%. But he did do many great things for Russia. Too bad many after him up to this time have plunged RUSSIA into backwardness and darknness.

[@evaburnz]

@@springspring3341 Catherine the Great also advanced Russia's cause, inspired by the enlightenment. As you've rightly stated, it's deeply regrettable that Russia has been driven to the depths of global disgrace since the Bolsheviks, if not prior.

[@lennzac]

@@springspring3341 it would have been impossible to be a reformist without also being tyrannical during Peter's time. His treatment of his son was amongst his darkest acts, but overall he deserves the title of "great" as he truly was a great russian leader.

[@DarkSova]

​@@lennzac Tyranny in those days was primarily the curtailment of the rights of aristocrats, and not the oppression of ordinary people at all. They both lived badly and continued to live badly.

[@LindaCooper-i3f]

“Well, now I wouldn’t say that.” The little man from the draftboard in the classic 1945 animated short subject picture of “DRAFTEE DAFFY”.

[@ethanramos4441]

“I have conquered an empire but I have not been able to conquer myself.” Peter the Great

[@l.blanton3019]

Very wise inventory of self,I can see why he would be jnowned as Russia's greatest leader to date!

[@peterthegreat1883]

Man,I must have been fucking drunk when I said that. I was talking bout not being able to get a boner.

[@ethanramos4441]

@@peterthegreat1883 I’m sure you did Peter Alekseyevich

[@rmp7400]

I think he finally accomplished that (self mastery) when he decided against a traitorous son...Remember, he ultimately died trying to save lives of drowning men who did him and Russia no harm.

[@ethanramos4441]

@@rmp7400 You have to remember Peter wasn’t a very good father and his bullying behavior made his own son to loathe and became afraid of his own father

[@9gvnlxcD-tQJ9F3v5rflYQ]

Thanks for the documentary. For me Tsar Peter is an example even for ordinary people for his ability to look into other countries' best practices and models, and then make his own country a great power. Have in mind that Russia is dismayed and hated by many countries, but you also have the same quantity of admiration and hope in Mother Russia's lending hand by many other countries. It is a land of extremes, no one is indifferent towards Russia.

[@dirkarum9703]

The Russian navy still uses Dutch naval words en terms Peter learned in Amsterdam.

[@LindaCooper-i3f]

So far so good.

[@HhHh-tl7ng]

They just entered the Russian language. Мы используем многие и в обычном общении.

[@LindaCooper-i3f]

Interesting point.

[@skyhigh1154]

Peter did not work in Amsterdam in the docks, but a smaller town close to Amsterdam called Zaandam. There is also a statue of Peter in Zaandam.

[@arthurdaroxtar]

Ford the way tickets to petis bayt at the docks. One last looks at the lifes petis lost

[@arthurdaroxtar]

Got a one way*

[@LindaCooper-i3f]

So basically in other words, Zaandam is a seaside suburb of Amsterdam?

[@skyhigh1154]

@@LindaCooper-i3f noooo, thank God no 😊

[@LindaCooper-i3f]

Maybe not then, but if Amsterdam keeps on growing, then it will be someday.

[@osonhodeleon]

Such a fantastic life. Great documentary.

[@GodConsciousness]

I adore Pyotr Veliky. For further reading, I highly recommend Peter the Great by the late great Robert K. Massie. He puts the reader almost right beside Peter, from his birth and captivity in the Kremlin to his youth at Preobrazhenskoe to his Great Embassy to his Azov campaigns, culminating in the glory of Poltava, the disastrous Pruth campaign against the Sublime Porte, the founding and ceaseless expansion of Sankt Peterbourg, dealing with the unending corruption of Menshikov, his coronation of his wife Catherine, etc. He always led by example and never spared himself any hardship. Despite being God's Anointed, he could be disarmingly charming and down-to-earth whilst never forgetting that he was graced by God to be the Father of his people. His beloved Preobrazhensky Guards sometimes addressed him as "father". Simply a breathtaking life. I hope and pray that his memory and mighty legacy be always remembered and cherished by the Rus, whom he loved so much.

[@flavius3896]

I am reading Massie's book right now. Page turner!

[@scr3aming3agle83]

Bought the book soon after watching the 3 part mini series on peter the great!

[@virginiasoskin9082]

I am rereading Massie's Catherine the Great. His book Nicholas and Alexandra was what sparked my interest when I read it in college in 1973 and I am still studying Russian history, art and culture at age 71 -- not for a degree, just for the love of the subject. I have been lucky enough to visit St. Petersburg, Peter's creation. It is just western enough to feel familiar to an American, and just Asiatic enough to feel foreign with signage in Cyrillic, etc. You can easily spend a week there and not see everything. However, I would not suggest going now with the dicey political situation. We went about five years ago and it was fine then. If the political situation were better I would go again in a heartbeat. Books by Helen Rappaport and Charlotte Zeepvat are also excellent. Douglas Smith's book, Former People, chronicles what happened to three major noble Russian families after the revolution -- the Sheremetevs, Golitzyns and the Trubetskoys. That is ONE remarkable book. The pictures alone are haunting. When we went on a boat tour of SP we passed a large mansion with an iron fence with gilded tips and I said, that must have been some noble's house. I later found out it was "Fountain House", the Sheremetev family's city mansion. They were great music patrons and the house is being restored after being sliced up into flats during the 1930s....If you have seen the Netflix film, Silver Skates, the mansion exterior is used as the home of the wealthy female main character in the movie. it is fun to see it being used like that in all its snowy glory.

[@evaburnz]

@@virginiasoskin9082 I appreciate the rich history of Russia, but I refuse to visit this country whilst under the rule of a dictator who is waging an imperialistic-driven war on a neighbouring nation-state. Russia is a global disgrace, and I do not understand how any person with Western democratic values can be willing to contribute to the Russian economy.

[@lapuntadifeza]

read Alexey Tolstoy - "Peter I" book

[@Anna-jr8gu]

My husband and I really enjoyed this, thanks!

[@charlescourtney4402]

Peter the Great has always been one of my favorite historical leaders. Thank you so much for this video!

[@cnst.33]

He is a heretic who tried to destroy Orthodoxy and more, he is rotting in hell

[@rmp7400]

@@cnst.33 Operative word: tried. Motivation,? Bishops sometimes ( even now) not only act as enemies of a people - but also as enemies of True Faith. Do not forget::Christ was sentenced by clerics who manipulated Secular Roman Power. . much of that still goes on... (I am devout Catholic, btw...🙏🏼❤)

[@cnst.33]

@@glocksmith226 No he was terrible, it doesn’t matter if he’s called Great, Stalin is praised too lol. He tried to destroy Orthodoxy in Russia and he killed Priesrs

[@Robespierre228]

​@@cnst.33and then religious fanatics?

[@jacey1963]

Thank you for such a brilliant biography. You are making information on the lives of very important historical figures accessible to a wide audience. A great contribution to history, You Tube and pedagogy itself. Excellent work!

[@tiamabderezai5374]

I enjoyed every second of this video. One of my favorite historical figures, despite his dark side, of course. His story is quite a rollercoaster ride. Well done!!!

[@nancycrognale3950]

History is so great to watch. Love this

[@trojanette8345]

Nice. Very evenly balanced history & documentary of BOTH Russia and P the G. I like the fact that your history gave the good & the bad (information) and didn't try to 'sugar coat' anything.

[@aarondemiri486]

Wonder how a meeting of Fredrick the great, Gustavus Adolphus and Peter the Great would go such legendary men of early modern Europe talking would be really interesting to watch

[@johnhaycock1269]

I live in Peters great city, As am Englishman I think he was a great man. I think at time he was ruthless but with good reason if he had not he could well have been assassinated putting Russia back into the dark ages. Someone has said shame about some modern day leaders, some have been like him with a rod of iron. Maybe it is time the west started to understand the Russian mind, they are not Europeans they are Russian they think differently to the west. Maybe some of it is because of the Iron curtain it has always looked inwards and lack of trust in the west . When I see some of the things going on in the world it makes me sad, the propaganda that Russia is bad, it is not bad it is a beautiful country beautiful people and SPB and other places I have seen are beautiful. I love this country Russia and the people Time the west tried to understand Russia has been invaded so many time the Mongol's I think were the first. This man Peter the Great built a great city come and see it come and meet some Russians. I have been living here for 8 years marred for 7 years to a wonderful Russian lady still trying to learn the language and to understand the mindset.

[@Rome6601]

I had no clue who Peter the Great was until Vladimir Putin told me this "Peter the Great fought for 20 years and so will I to what I dreamed of come true and that is for Ukraine to return to the motherland".... I thought to myself who is this peetah da greet?!!!

[@war-painter]

It’s not propaganda, it’s just news. What you get is propaganda, which is why you don’t understand why nobody wants to live in Russia, or visit Russia now. Shooting missiles at civilians In apartments in Ukraine isn’t some made up thing. It’s not “staged”. No babies were made up with fake blood to make Russians feel better about bombing women and children for 500 days. Russia is really killing innocent people. That’s why Europe and America and Scandinavia and Australia and Japan, etc etc have turned their back on Moscow and Petersburg. Russian people will have to take responsibility for their corrupt government soon or later. Btw, your ruble is falling. If you go to your beautiful art museum in Petersburg and look at the paintings of Ilya Repin, they will tell you EVERYTHING you need to know about Russia. Naturally, they were painted by a Ukrainian. You know, the “country” Russia has invaded and has been bombing for 500 days?

[@piano40s]

As a nobody from nowhere this is one man I would have loved to have met and I like to think that we would have got on well he, reminds me of myself, and what I would have been like if I was somebody from somewhere.

[@danielalozovska2050]

This is amazing! Thank you so much! 😊❤️💕

[@JasonRoblesSembrano]

I swore I heard the orchestral version of the Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 at the end of the biography telling. Nice work, from a musician like me.

[@lamyaalsaadi8856]

Thank you so much. This is so entertaining. It helped me alot in my exams.

[@romelnegut2005]

Every great leader has his dark moments, if I can say that.

[@romelnegut2005]

@@martind349 That's true.

[@eldorados_lost_searcher]

Terrible leaders have their dark moments, too.

[@romelnegut2005]

@@eldorados_lost_searcher 😆👌

[@swedichboy1000]

Speaking as a swede, he was a worthy adversary indeed.

[@TexanAmiga]

Fantastic video! Thank you!

[@Jon908584]

Thank you for significantly adding to my compendium of knowledge. I wish that there were more sites such as this, both on the Internet and TV.

[@ToddtheExploder]

The Massey biography is still one of my go-to books. Endlessly fascinating man. Peter The Great 2020!

[@johnsantilli7096]

Yes I read Massey's book too. Could not put it down. Peter the great's travels around Europe to study, would make a great documentary in itself.

[@ToddtheExploder]

John Santilli Couldn’t agree more. Know any filmmakers?

[@johnsantilli7096]

@@ToddtheExploder I would expect a Russian producer. A super rich one who could take a risk and put his or her name in the history Russian books with this film. A great way to be remembered . It could become a change in the way they make movies. Maybe as the Russian system of government has changes the present governors would not be enthusiastic.

[@koreanelvis]

Thank you for this video on Peter the Great. Never knew why Catherine the Great was known as to have followed in his footsteps. Now I know.

[@Mr5thWave]

Excellent work! Tying in Peter's childhood inclination to meritocracy with his leadership skills as Czar was fascinating. Such a shame his life was cut off by 20 or 30 years by the old bladder.

[@Borderose]

To be fair, he drank alcohol like a fish. In a way, the world was lucky to get him for almost 50 years.

[@Robespierre228]

​@@Borderose54.

[@LindaCooper-i3f]

He died in early 1725, just two or three months after wading into freezing water to save drowning sailors in November 1724.

[@LindaCooper-i3f]

So he wasn’t exactly into the TEMPERANCE movement, yet it wouldn’t exactly be founded for at least another century, and it wouldn’t have been very popular in Russia 🇷🇺 under the circumstances of the dilemma.

[@Mr5thWave]

@@LindaCooper-i3f And nowadays people are taking ice plunges for their health. Go figure.

[@jacklou8553]

He was great when he wed into the water and saved a drowning soldier. Few days after he died by the cold incurred by that event. I wish his spirit be saved just as he rescued that man despite bloody acts he had done through his life.

[@heartemisart700]

In Dutch history books, we read that Peter the Great learned his ship-building skills mainly in Rotterdam. The builders and dockers of Rotterdam were more at ease with his request to be treated as one of them. A real workers city and port. Amsterdam was way more immersed in merchant culture, the new elite, not all that impressed by the imperials or kings.

[@παυροεπής]

Zaandam?

[@footisman2059]

I know im an year late, but in Russian history books, your liberation war against the spanish was well covered. They explained the reasons, how it happened, advantages, spanish terrors and more. (of course with an accent on Russia being the most reliable dutch partner)

[@georgedionisi9871]

My ancestors were among those who did not share Peter's views about westernisation and din not agree with shaving their beards, so left Russia and moved towards south west. After a short pause in today's Moldova, they proceeded their journey and arrived in what is today Romania, and created their own community, mostly men are fishermen and women housewives. Dobruja, due to it's proximity to the Danube Delta is the place they preferred to settle in so they could fish. Generations past and now, we still exist. Although not everyone does, most of us still speak the old Russian language, still follow the old traditions, and still follow the religion our ancestors used to follow. We are called lipovans, and still many of us don't shave our beards.

[@predragnikitz9106]

I'm Predrag from Serbia, living in Phuket Thailand why you guys like your bears so much? :)

[@nicolaswien6939]

looking at children murderer Putins Russia of 2023 - it was a good decision to go to Romania

[@mrfearsmom8857]

The Beard shaving, what was the contention with not wanting to shave?

[@lapuntadifeza]

beard shaving law was only for noble classes, not for all

[@LindaCooper-i3f]

Good grief!

[@robertnickol9598]

a very balanced nuanced presentation clearly demonstrating the true complexity of history

[@jamesone5459]

I have learnt so much from this documentary thank you 🙏

[@tonyelberg7814]

thanks for another great doco mate.

[@allboxing9851]

Ty for documentary Great One

[@CopperCityPatriot]

Read the biography by Robert Massie. Amazing how Peter The Great, would disguise himself and walk around the streets of London. He was captivated by the ship-building, which ignited his passion for a strong Russian Navy. And the book took me a couple months to read. It's a engrossing tome.

[@LindaCooper-i3f]

Maybe it’s just about time that someone made Massie’s book into an epic movie for theatre screens instead of a made-for-tv or made-for-cable mini-series like the one from the NBC network in 1986 titled “PETER THE GREAT”?

[@charlesabernathy5842]

Loved and captivated by story of Peter the Great.

[@matikramer9648]

Thank you

[@scr3aming3agle83]

Peter The Great is just that, Great.

[@skoomamuch356]

Recommended Reading: Peter the Great, His Life and World by Robert K. Massie

[@latoyah1624]

Will look it up, thanks!

[@peterthegreat1883]

It's a good book. But my copy is falling apart

[@marcbeaulieu4366]

For sure a reformer As of if he was a tyran, for today’s standards, yes, but for 1700, he was a lot softer than many other ruler Thanks for this awesome recap of his life

[@nickykeightley1724]

Love this channel! Thank you so much

[@HistoryMarche]

Indeed. The narrative is so well framed, it's amazing how quickly 40 min goes by.

[@PeopleProfiles]

Indeed!

[@nickykeightley1724]

@@PeopleProfiles uh oh, you sound like my anatomy professor when I hand in a test paper, and assure him I did well!😨

[@HistoryMarche]

@@nickykeightley1724 Well, it only makes sense to let him know that you are very well prepared :)

[@nickykeightley1724]

@@HistoryMarche indeed!

[@akak6936]

That was really GREAT

[@KellyfromMemphisDD214]

Fascinating! Thank you for creating this epic video

[@Geotrekker56]

Admired by the whole world then and now.

[@IntrepidFraidyCat]

Another wonderful video! I was hoping you'd mention Peter and his pals trashing the English nobleman's house....😆 it's always a favorite story of mine.

[@LindaCooper-i3f]

Sounds like a good idea for a movie for theatre screens.

[@kathymetzger5862]

Thank you for doing this story on Peter The Great, also thanks to the person who mentioned the book by Robert K. Maddie I can’t wait to read it

[@Rome6601]

I had no clue who Peter the Great was until Vladimir Putin told me this "Peter the Great fought for 20 years and so will I to make my dream come true and that is for Ukraine to return to the motherland" .... I thought to myself who is this Peter the Great?!!

[@LindaCooper-i3f]

Putin is a lot more like Lenin because Peter The Great wouldn’t dare invade the modern day Ukraine 🇺🇦.

[@LindaCooper-i3f]

Putin is obviously under the influence of the ghost of Lenin.

[@LindaCooper-i3f]

Maddie’s book should be a movie for theatre screens starring George Clooney as Tsar Peter The Great.

[@LindaCooper-i3f]

In actuality, Putin is idolizing Ivan The Terrible as well as Lenin.

[@SunshineNikki]

He seemed to have an abundance of energy 🌞

[@LindaCooper-i3f]

He was a lucky guy.

[@lenarosic]

Peter the Great was not called Great for nothing! Such Russian royal badass man. Love him, hate him, but you cant not admire his deeds and efforts in modernization of Russia. He pushed the country froom simple agricultural-God loving/God fearing into modern Russia.

[@ammm-wq2mz]

By the way, Leo Tolstoy said that the one who killed more people is usually called Great in history. In Russia we respect this tsar, but we usually speak simply Peter I. In general, almost all the nicknames of tsars after Peter were invented by pro-monarchist historians.

[@LindaCooper-i3f]

Ivan The Terrible killed more people in his lifetime than Peter The Great in his day.

[@elolan9049]

I loved it

[@paulcateiii]

Nice, I've been waiting for this one

[@mrsir2254]

Thanks again for such top notch content, id literally cut off my left forearm for you guys too do some stuff on Byzantine leaders, obviously you all have alot too do a patrons but still maybe one day it will make it onto your plate. There are so so very many figures that could be covered its almost somewhat like an entirely separate medieval history.

[@davidjones9020]

I believe him to be "great" and helped Russia against his enemies

[@casperscott1201]

This author is the most underestimated author online since podcaster Mike Duncan. Elegantly unbiased comprehensive and never yet wrong excluding a minor slip of the tounge. Only slight complaint on an unclear writing which is probably a mater of style. This author can't be matched on modern European history. For us over educated windbags this is an example of how it should be done. A brilliant work.

[@rebeccaherschman1635]

One other thing isnt it kinda funny it is Menshikov (cant spell Russian well) has his hands in the case against his son, the pushing of Catherine as Czarina , finally just ruling for her and Peters grandson till finally falling ill. He was a shady dude !

[@LindaCooper-i3f]

He was just trying to keep the throne in the Romanov family.

[@jaymorpheus11]

They should do a recut of this “and then Peter became a cyborg, created nuclear weapons, took over Mars and then declared himself emperor... of the world”.

[@frenchfree]

Note, he tried to bring Russia into Europe especially because he understood that trade lifted every class of person. Who fears that union nowadays? The US. Russias raw materials and their manufacturing skills is more of a threat to the US dollar and hegemony than China, at least currently.

[@war-painter]

The Russians “manufacturing skills”? Who knew. That Russia was a hub of manufacturing must be a well kept secret of worldwide proportions! Just what are they manufacturing and who are they selling these items too, exactly. “Proudly displaying their “made in Russia” label, our Kremwidgets are made with the GREATest carelessness. They pretend to work and we pretend to make them, is our motto, signed, the kleptocrats union

[@TheConqueror009]

All this jolly company is mesmerizing

[@randomguy4167]

Russian nobility and clergy:Ah,we should support Peter he’s sure not to shake things up and speed up change unnecessarily. Peter:ZOOM

[@vidahasselburg3841]

Can’t get enough of old Tsarist Russian documentaries how about doing his Daughter Elizabeth and then of course Catherine The Great??

[@Jan-wj8qf]

Indeed!

[@rmp7400]

Great job! I subscribed!!

[@muhammadalam6892]

Brilliant job sir keep it up. It was informative and the great thing was its neutrality....

[@andrewlambert7246]

He can truely and proadly be called PETER THE GREAT. HE WAS A GREAT MAN.

[@slams777]

How relevant this is in 2019. Watch and learn.

[@goochmcduck4285]

I wish it was still 2019. 2024 sucks

[@BM-ep7er]

He was no tyrant. He was man, who saw his a vision on his country that’s was very old fashion n lack modernization on everything. Just. Like. CATHERINE. THE GREAT a visionary woman.

[@davyroger3773]

You do have to admit he was a bit of a psychopath

[@rmp7400]

@@davyroger3773 Not....as much as Catherine🙄

[@peterthegreat1883]

Peter the great approves.

[@LindaCooper-i3f]

Peter is the ancestor of my ex-husband and oldest son.

[@natedorney7032]

"PEOPLE OF MOSCOW: I AM YOUR TSAR... AND I WILL DRAG YOU ALL KICKING AND SCREAMING IF I HAVE TO INTO THE MODERN ERA"

[@LindaCooper-i3f]

Catherine I was actually born in Lithuania 🇱🇹. Being the ex-wife and mother of two of Peter’s descendants, I think that maybe I know just what Catherine was to Peter.

[@mafiosomemer3730]

One thing when Peter died, Catherine the First wailed and sobs all night embracing the late Peter's cold dead hand

[@rmp7400]

Yep....that woman definitely had emotional issues.🤷

[@mafiosomemer3730]

I saw that in StarMediaEN's The Romanovs Part 4

[@LORY449]

he was a great reformer and tsar

[@nukelaloosh4795]

excellent

[@svenerikjohansson8130]

And our Swedish king Carl XVI Gustaf descends from Peter the Great. 🙂 Our kings grandfathers grandmothers grandmother Maria Pavlovna was Paul I:s daughter, and my guess is that Paul indeed, contrary to a widespread rumour, WAS the biological son of Peter III, with whom he has certain similarities, even if his mother had other children that had other biological fathers, That would make Peter the great grandfathers grandmothers grandmothers grandfathers grandfather of Carl XVi Gustaf. It is also interesting that Peter the Great was reconciled with Karl XII:s family after around 20 years of war. I use Swedish spelling of Karls name.) Peter I:s daughter, Anna Petrovna (mother of Peter III) married Karl Fredrik of Holstein Gottorp, who actually was the son of Karl XII:s sister Hedvig Sofia, so Russian and Swedish royalty have been "more mixed" than many people know.

[@deborahdean8867]

Swedish blood is the same blood as western Russians. The swedes were the first russians.

[@svenerikjohansson8130]

@@deborahdean8867 I don´t mean in a general,meaning. I meant specifically that Peter the Greats daughter Anna was married to a grandson of the Swedish king Karl XI. Therefore Swedish roya heritage in the Russian imperial family. Also Swedes settling in western Russia were probably mixed with people allready there, speaking a slavic language.

[@TheSpikehere]

Ruined by Google's greedy adverts. It's about time youtube returned to being a genuine video sharing community.

[@LindaCooper-i3f]

KZbin would definitely require something like an oil company royalty check to stop selling advertising space.

[@l.blanton3019]

Great leader and diplomat,I love how he was not on being seen as a great king,bit as a regular person,like as a youngster wiuld make his self a drummer and not so high in power,lesson is stay humble and on equal with the people

[@archmeasterjackimer6217]

For your next biography, could you do Ivan the Terrible

[@PeopleProfiles]

The next video is one the real Game of Thrones, Ivan is on the list though, worry not!

[@archmeasterjackimer6217]

Cool

[@ethanramos4441]

The People Profiles I watched both the documentary and tv series on the War os the Roses

[@Martina-Kosicanka]

@@PeopleProfiles How about Catherine I. or Elisabeth I. (Peter´s wife and Peter´s daughter)? And thank you for this one.

[@AlexB-ss2cg]

Throughout a lot of history, greatness is measured by military achievements. By necessity this means measured by the thousands they killed. At least Peter was also famous for reforms and advancing the country as a whole

[@alexandraferdonova5329]

the old dream of Peter the Great St Petersburg the door of Russian time for negotiations...

[@jennklein1917]

❤❤ Love Peter the Great❤❤

[@АндрейЖдырев-й4х]

Calling the Naryshkins Tatars is like calling Texans Germans.

[@Sheikhassan235]

It would appear that Peter The Great, given the serious size of his nation, can only be viewed as a great leader which as noted represented a massive revision of his nation. It's certainly reasonable that had he not taken the reforms as he did Russia would have been consumed by her neighbor states. It seems Peter's envy of Western Europe was at the time a needed necessity but the trials of Russia since has demonstrated that its current President Putins shift from the West is also a most needed move as the Western European Nations, driven by the US in its stated objective of breaking Russia into four or five smaller states, is beginning to appear as much a visionary as Peter The Great.

[@Wenchework]

Ironicly Peter would never let anyone talk bad about Charles the 12 in his precense also after Paltava tolled to find his body as they tought Charles was dead,Charles himself is sopose to have respect for Peter,if you ever get the time do one on Charles the 12

[@jacksonelmore6227]

I’m playing civ 6 as true start Russia, it’s so cool to get to understand their history from a simulation of their perspective Got me to do some research on Peter!

[@mevrouwfilibuster]

Very interesting documentary. But why the annoying music in the background?

[@jeb791]

Like Darth Vader he made an empire and his son refused to rule

[@htoodoh5770]

Most his relationship problem was his problem to be honest.

[@rmp7400]

Personalities differ. England has had her share of self-obsessed personalities... Some of them even accepted the Throne!. 😱

[@LindaCooper-i3f]

Darth Vader was more of a common General and nothing more.

[@michaelgeraghty3989]

I’ve visited his Venice of the North, a title which could also apply to Amsterdam. Both are magificent cities. He is Russia’s greatest ruler.

[@nancycrognale3950]

Love history and this is grest

[@felisakaychaloupek6929]

Good video. I'm about done with a 44 hour audible book about Peter the Great and was looking for a video to put some names with faces. When I got to tell you I read a lot of history books and I'm not thinking Peter's that great. I agree he changed his country and he couldn't have changed it the way he did if he was an enlightened monarch. He would have probably needed to be an autocrat in history to force everybody to get things done like that make changes. So I respect that but otherwise not as impressed with him as I am other people in history.

[@edgareliseev1773]

Press f for respect for this great leader

[@michaelkelligan7931]

Da....a very good video! Da. 😁

[@Kolomin1987]

Peter was a huge height of 206 centimeters for his time.

[@DavidHHermanson]

A quick, well told history of Tsar Peter. The procession of 2D paintings can get a bit stale (there's one image of Peter that appears far too many times) but the information provided seems accurate. I suspect that there's not enough provided concerning his struggles with the nobility and Church, in the sense that this is put down to efforts to "liberalise," when what's being called liberalisation is actually Peter's reshaping of the Tsardom on the model of France's absolute monarchy. While his efforts to tie government service to merit certainly broadened and empowered Russia's tiny middle class, at the expense of the traditional nobility, the vast majority of Russians remained serfs - tied to land they could not legally own, and subject to the whims and legal judgement of the landlord/"noble" who held ownership. Indeed the Tsar's efforts at building St. Petersburg in the fever-ridden wetlands near the mouth of the Neva River depended almost entirely on corvée (involuntary) labour parties of peasant-serfs supplied both from Peter's own lands and as a tax on the Nobility. Serfdom was not abolished in Russia until 1861, and was in fact extended to new areas in Imperial Russia during the 18th Century. Imagine a soldier knocking on your hovel door and telling you, "Bring your coat and a shovel. It's time to go to the new city and dig ditches." "How long will I be gone?" you ask. "Till it's done." he says. "What's the pay?" you ask. "Bread and beet soup, twice a day" he answers. "When can I see my family again?" you ask, and the soldier says "Don't make me laugh."

[@XxpauldadudexX]

Peter really was Great.

[@LindaCooper-i3f]

How true that is.

[@keelyleilani1326]

Peter the Great looks like Ron Jeremy in some pictures.

[@LindaCooper-i3f]

Actually, Peter looks like my ex-brother-in-law Daniel Boone Cooper.

[@cboyslim5490]

10x more plot twists than game of thrones

[@rmp7400]

Reality has a way of being like that...!

[@davidtinkle9634]

He was a great reformer but it is still difficult to come to terms he tortured his son.

[@rmp7400]

When a son becomes an enemy, it puts the Regent in a very difficult position. Who is really a son or a daughter? The one who allies with the Regent. (Were he truly inspired, the biological son would have been grateful for the cloister option)