The Great Northern War: Murder in Moscow (TRIH ep 567, part 4)
1718 · Resource
This episode is the concluding part of the hosts' Peter the Great series. Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook examine the late reign of Peter I of Russia, contrasting his Enlightenment-inspired reforms and the monumental construction of St. Petersburg with the grotesque spectacles and private excesses that marked his court.
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