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Peter the Great

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Tsar/Emperor of Russia from 1682 to 1725

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In order to put his infant city of Petersburg out of danger of insult, he went in person to sound the depth of water thereabouts, fixed upon a place for building the fort of Cronstadt; and, after making the model of it in wood with his own hands, he employed prince Menzikoff to put it in execution. From thence he went to pass the winter at Moscow, (Nov. 5.) in order to establish, by degrees, the several alterations…
Voltaire, The History of Peter the Great, Emperor of Russia
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Russia is not densely populated, though the women are prolific and the men are strong. Peter himself, by the very civilization of his empire, contributed to its population. The causes of the fact that there are still vast deserts in this great stretch of the continent are to be sought in frequent recruiting for unsuccessful wars, the transporting of nations from the Caspian to the Baltic,…
Voltaire, Voltaire's history of Charles XII, king of Sweden
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Charlemagne may be cited as one instance; Peter the Great is another.
John Stuart Mill, Considerations on Representative Government
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