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Peter the Great: Forging Russia's Empire
In this episode, Lucas and Luna dive into the transformation of Russia under Peter the Great. They explore his grand embassy to Western Europe in 1697-1698, where he traveled incognito to learn shipbuilding and military tactics. The conversation covers the brutal suppression of the Streltsy uprising, the founding of St. Petersburg on captured Swedish land in 1703, and the decisive Battle of Poltava in 1709 that established Russia as a Baltic power. They discuss Peter's radical reforms: the Table of Ranks, the introduction of the Julian calendar, the shaving of beards and Western dress…
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