Peter the Great: Founder of the Russian Empire 

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

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.

“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

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.

I like to think Simon talks like this all the time outside RU-vid 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."

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

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

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

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.

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.

Infirm in the body and mind is a next level burn

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.

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

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

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

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This is my favorite RU-vid 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

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

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)

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

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

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

Peter is always a cool guy to hear about

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

Awesome video! Thanks so much!

Great video, thank you.

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?

I really, really enjoy this channel!!

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

Go from almost none to lots..OMG I love it. Keep up the good work guys and dont forget to take some time off for the holidays 😁

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.

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.

I can never get me enough of history :)

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)

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

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

And the Whistler Express keeps on rolling. Great job!

I want to purchase Simon's beard for myself

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

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

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

Great video.

Thank you

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

Thanks!

Absolute legend!

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

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

Watching your stuff with great interest and it's increasing with each new video. You always do a quality of research for your subjects with an impartial eye. I would request you to put some light on the life of the Lizard King, Jim Morrison. His genius and fluctuating life is worth attention! Please!

I 💘 this channel

Great video! But I was kind of missing images of maps and locations

Would be great to do a video about emperor Meiji

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

I love learning history from the voice of Obiwan Kenobi.

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.

Thank you! Another great video about the Russian royal family and I would say you did an amazing job on this video but just wanted to ad I believe his love for dancing started when he would enter the foreign district in Moscow and would interact with the people there but again great video I hope to see the entire Russian Romanov playlist one day

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

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

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.

I am so slow. For the first couple minutes I thought this was about Peter III. I clearly need to go back to bed.

I laughed so hard at the beard tax part that coffee came out my nose. It’s burns! >.

Thanks great video maybe one on Abraham Lincoln

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.

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

Please do one on Sir John Hawkins!

many many many thanks to Peter!

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

Please do one on Emperor Rudolph II!

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

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

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

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

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

22 min video, 5 adverts. thanks youtube

Does anyone else just love the way he says empire

Nice outro

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😉😁💖

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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.

I really like this video I hope you can do more Russian leaders like Ivan the great or Rurik

Do a video about Marquise de Sade.

WeWork reference, where's the Boi with the Blaze when you need him?!

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

Hey I would really like to see the life of the Swedish King Charles 12 as his life seems quite interesting with his success and failures during the great northern war

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

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 RU-vid, and is considered one of the greatest Russian operas.

Simon .... suggestions for further shows Biographics..... Barnes Wallis Mega projects ... the Lancaster or Wellington bomber Geographics.... the Dam Busters Cheers

Could you do a video on Queen Nzingha? She’s got quite the story!

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

Do tsar nicholas ii next!

" Harboring illegal facial hair" 😂😂😂 never thought I would hear that sentence in a video about history

Peter was obsessed with ships and shipbuilding