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The History of Peter the Great, Emperor of Russia

by Voltaire (1694–1778)

53 chapters, about 115,000 words. The text is in the public domain in the United States and comes from Project Gutenberg.

Chapters

1. Chapter 1 100 words
2. CHAPTER 600 words
3. DESCRIPTION OF RUSSIA. 800 words
4. LIVONIA. 700 words
5. ARCHANGEL. 300 words
6. RUSSIAN LAPLAND. 700 words
7. MOSCOW. 900 words
8. SMOLENSKO. 1,100 words
9. ASTRACAN. 400 words
10. OREMBURG. 3,200 words
11. CHAP. II. 1,700 words
12. OF THE TITLE OF CZAR. 200 words
13. RELIGION. 2,200 words
14. CHAP. III. 1,100 words
15. ALEXIS MICHAELOWITZ. 1,600 words
16. JOHN AND PETER. 1,400 words
17. CHAP. V. 2,300 words
18. CHAP. VI. 2,400 words
19. CHAP. VII. 900 words
20. CHAP. VIII. 1,900 words
21. CHAP. IX. 3,500 words
22. CHAP. X. 3,500 words
23. CHAP. XI. 1,700 words
24. CHAP. XII. 2,600 words
25. CHAP. XIII. 2,500 words
26. CHAP. XIV. 1,300 words
27. CHAP. XV. 1,800 words
28. CHAP. XVI. 1,700 words
29. CHAP. XVII. 3,000 words
30. CHAP. XVIII. 2,000 words
31. CHAP. XIX. 3,000 words
32. CHAP. XX. 7,800 words
33. Conclusion of the Affairs of Pruth. 1,500 words
34. CHAP. XXII. 2,800 words
35. CHAP. XXIII. 4,700 words
36. CHAP. XXIV. 2,000 words
37. CHAP. XXV. 1,700 words
38. CHAP. XXVI. 1,400 words
39. CHAP. XXVII. 3,100 words
40. CHAP. XXVIII. 1,700 words
41. CHAP. XXIX. 10,300 words
42. CHAP. XXX. 1,500 words
43. CHAP. XXXI. 1,800 words
44. CHAP. XXXII. 800 words
45. CHAP. XXXIII. 2,300 words
46. CHAP. XXXIV. 2,700 words
47. CHAP. XXXV. 3,800 words
48. CHAP. XXXVI. 3,600 words
49. THE PEACE OF NYSTADT. 5,100 words
50. FOOTNOTES: 2,000 words
51. 'PETER.' 200 words
52. 'ALEXIS.' 2,700 words
53. 'PETER.' 400 words

Ideas discussed in this book

• Austria-Hungary
• Marseille
• Paganism
• Quakers
• Reformation
• Sophia (journal)
• Sophia (wisdom)

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