Russian President Vladimir Putin is ramping up prosecutions to eliminate potential rivals as his war in Ukraine drags on. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/11/03/world/russians-see-enemies-everywhere/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #worldnews #peterthegreat #josefstalin #vladimirputin #freespeech #russiaukrainewar
#PeterTheGreat
Peter the Great’s obsession with modernization led him to ban beards — then tax them. Russia’s men paid for their pride, until Catherine the Great finally set their faces free.
#PeterTheGreat #BeardTax #RussianHistory #WeirdHistory #HistoricalFacts #RoyalRebellion #HistoryShorts#Storytelling#DidYouKnow#HistoryFacts#DocumentaryShort#WeirdHistory
Read more: https://www.ancient-origins.net/weird-facts/beard-tax-0016868
#peterthegreat around #Brussels
Peter the Great abused of some belgian drinks and threw over in a fountain (just in front of the current royal palace) https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buste_de_Pierre_le_Grand_(Bruxelles)
for the #uglybelgianstatues project
Not all of them are really ugly... but !
More info on: https://www.charleslemaire.eu/Travaux/uglybelgianstatues
Today's Flickr photo with the most hits: the portrait room, at the Peterhof.
Yes, this is a super obscure reference. Hint: #Hercules #PeterTheGreat
#OnThisDay in 2022, Russian leader #VladimirPutin compares himself to Tsar #PetertheGreat, who conquered the Baltic coast, at an exhibition to the Tsar in Moscow.
Ex-Intel Officer Warns: Russia's Covert Operations Are Escalating
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gExiK0mXFA8
#RusianDisinformation #ActiveMeasures #Disinformation #MunifacturingDissent #AntiDemocracy #ErodingTrust #FSB #KGB #Intelligence #ColdWar #Putin #Nihilism #Tension #GreyzoneConflict #CzaristRussia #PeterTheGreat #Autocracy #PutinPuppet
Oh dear, dear Mr. #Putin. During #COVID, when it is said you sat in dusty #Russian #historical #map rooms, sniffing your own farts, high on your own #ego, dreaming of being the next #PeterTheGreat or #IvanTheTerrible, and you thought: "sure, let's go for #Ukraine"...
Did you imagine it would go this bad, botox ghoul?
"#Großmacht #Russland – 'Nichts fürchteten die Herrscher mehr'" (Zusammenfassung, Kommentar) #Geschichte #History #Zarentum #Revolution #Demokratie #Autokratie #Sklaverei #PeterderGroße #PetertheGreat #Ukraine #Geopolitik #Eliten #Imperialismus
Tsar (also czar) is a Slavic term derived from the Latin caesar. #History #Tsar #PeterTheGreat #IvanTheTerrible #HistoryFacts https://www.worldhistory.org/Tsar/
The Grand Embassy was the name given to the long Western European tour that Tsar Peter I of Russia (aka Peter the Great, r. 1682-1725) undertook during 1697-1698. #History #PeterTheGreat #GrandEmbassy #HistoryFacts https://www.worldhistory.org/article/2327/the-grand-embassy-of-peter-the-great/
The Great Northern War took place from 1700 to 1721 and was fought between Russia and Sweden during the reign of Peter I of Russia (Peter the Great). #History #PeterTheGreat #GreatNorthernWar #RussianEmpire #HistoryFacts https://www.worldhistory.org/Great_Northern_War/
Peter I of Russia (Peter the Great, l. 1672-1725) was the Tsar of Russia from 1682 to 1721 and the Emperor of Russia from 1721-1725. #History #PeterTheGreat #PeterIOfRussia #Russia #HistoryFacts https://www.worldhistory.org/article/2304/the-reforms-of-peter-the-great/
Peter I of Russia (Peter the Great) was the Tsar of Russia from 1682-1721 and Emperor of Russia from 1721-1725. #History #PeterTheGreat #GreatNorthernWar #Russia #HistoryFacts https://www.worldhistory.org/Peter_the_Great/
The Tyee: We Might Think We Know Russia. Why We’re Wrong https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2023/09/26/We-Think-We-Know-Russia/ #bcnews #TheTyee - via @tyee@mstdn.ca #UnionofSovietSocialistRepublics #CatherinetheGreat #post-SovietRussia #StoryofRussiabook #MikhailGorbachev #NikitaKhrushchev #AlexanderNevsky #ByzantineEmpire #CzarNicholasII #Russianhistory #PetertheGreat #VladimirPutin #OrlandoFiges #GoldenHorde #JosefStalin #KyivanRus
A Sant Martí del Canigó
la veu ressona que us esglaia.
Diu: Catalunya!
Pels que us estimeu el Canigó aquesta és la vostra.
https://botiga.4xsample.cat/products/canigo-samarreta
#Canigó #Samarreta #Muntanya #Catalunya #Pirineus #SantJoan #Flama #Verdaguer #Poema #Llegenda #PereelGran #Cima #Natura #Orgull #Canigou #T-shirt #Mountain #Catalonia #Pyrenees #SaintJohn’sEve #Flame #Verdaguer #Poem #Legend #PetertheGreat #Summit #Nature #Pride
Today is (according to the Gregorian Calendar; it was June 28 in the Julian one) the 314th anniversary of the Battle of Poltava, among one of the most significant battles in early modern European history.
#swedishhistory; #charlesxii; #ukrainianhistory; #peterthegreat; #russianhistory
Today's Flickr photo with the most hits: this view of the throne room at the Peterhof, St Petersburg, Russia.
#ThroneRoom #peterhof #SaintPetersburg #russia #PeterTheGreat #palace #marquetry #floor
Vasilii Surikov, 'The Bronze Horseman' (1870)
#Monument to #PeterTheGreat on Senate Square in front of Saint Isaac's #Cathedral, #SaintPetersburg, #Russia
"Pressed to the railings. Darkness filled
His eyes. The prey of passions blazing
Within him, he stood sullenly
Before the royal effigy;
And quivering with fury, raising
His fist, as if compelled by some
Dark force to blind, impulsive action,
He hissed through teeth clenched in distraction:
‘You ... builder of grand schemes! I’ll come
And get you!’ – and then ran off, numb
With terror from a sudden vision:
He thought the fearsome tsar had turned
By slow degrees his face, which burned
With righteous anger and derision..."
#art #Russian #equestrian #statue #french #Falconet #sculpture #tsar #night #snow #winter #moon #poem #Pushkin #Surikov #FullMoon #horse #painting
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