Any understanding of modern Russia really must go back 200 years to Peter the Great. More specifically, to his travels to the West from which he brought back to his motherland feats of science ...

It is named for Czar Peter the Great, who ruled Russia from 1682 to 1725. In 1984, the Soviet Union claimed the bay as its internal waters by drawing a 106-nautical mile closing line along its coasts.

Czar Peter the Great of Russia casts a long shadow over history. A giant of a man, with appetites for learning and adventure to match, he did more to modernize his country than pretty much any ...

The Russian president stated: "Peter the Great fought the Great Northern War for 21 years. At first glance, he was at war with Sweden to seize something. But that was not the case, ...

The Russian Navy boasts one of the most formidable warships in the world: the nuclear-powered cruiser Pyotr Velikiy—known in English as Peter the Great.Officially classified as a “heavy ...

While Mr. Putin’s proclaimed role model, Peter the Great, saw the great advantage to his own people of commercial and educational exchanges with the West, Mr. Putin, who fears democracy more ...

The warship, dubbed Peter the Great after Russia’s first emperor, was launched in 1998 and served as the flagship of the Russian Navy until its decommissioning this year.

A vessel touted as Russia's first modern cruise liner but hit by repeated delays has been sent back to the shipyard for more work. Construction began on Pyotr Velikiy (Peter the Great) in 2016 at ...

Set against the opulent and extravagant backdrop of 18th-century Russia, ... Peter the Great. On the one hand, the legend of his forebear haunts him, urging him to rule Russia as a warlord.

Over three seasons as Catherine the Great and Peter III of Russia, the actors tangled with love, treachery and the rule of a nation. 'The Great' stars take us behind the scenes - Los Angeles Times ...