Peter the Great: Founder of the Russian Empire

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Credits:
Host - Simon Whistler
Author - D Kelly
Producer - Jennifer Da Silva
Executive Producer - Shell Harris

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[registeelix]

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

[jish]

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.

[Erik-swtc]

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.

[MonteCristoAUS]

This video would have been perfect for the Dollar Shave Club sponsorship

[ethanramos]

“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

[ignitionfrn]

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

[fcukugimmeausername]

I like to think Simon talks like this all the time outside Youtube 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."

[NefariousKoel]

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.

[vcor]

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

[MidnightMan]

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

[rachellabovitch]

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

[HenrikoMagnifico]

Infirm in the body and mind is a next level burn

[kenschortgenjr]

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.

[SilenTHerO]

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.

[franciscobuenrostro]

This is my favorite YouTube 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

[multiversalaudiobooks]

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

[ECloudDog]

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)

[ivannadtochiev]

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?

[Treyonthehunt]

Peter is always a cool guy to hear about

[rami_ungar_writer]

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