Russian History

[LedZepp1109]

The history of Russia is vast and wonderful, in here we discuss the glorious history of Mother Russia

[Volumed]

In soviet russia history writes you.

[LedZepp1109]

This is no place for humor, Russian history is serious business.

[Bluehawk]

A few weeks ago I care across an interesting article about Peter the Great's mental health. It basically tried to explain his nearly neurotic scholasticism and desire to reorganize everything around him, and also his anxiety towards anything remotely Muscovite, Byzantine, or Orthodox. It contrasts his reign with Ivan the Terrible's, and claims that because Peter was older when he witnessed his first traumatic events (the 1682 massacre), he was able to cope with them better, whereas the young Ivan was turned into a paranoid sadist. It's not afraid to take a look at Peter's ugly little episodes though, like how he dealt with the streltsy rebels after their 1698 coup failed. The subject of psycho-history is obviously a little shaky, since you're trying to get inside the head of a dead patient, but it's a really interesting read.

http://digitalcommons.ric.edu/facultypublications/46/

[Duuring]

Peter the great is quite well known here in the Netherlands. There's even a house somewhere by a harbour, now a museum, which is named the Tsar's cabin - Peter stayed there on his visits to Holland, and drank strong, stróóóng alcoholic drinks with Russian sailors there. 

[Bluehawk]

Yes, that's where he learned shipwrighting. And when St. Petersburg was first built, it was full of Dutch architecture, because it was built on similarly low and swampy land (and he was fond of the style anyway).

[Duuring]

We even have a Hermitage in Amsterdam, after the Russian one.

[Modig]

There is always another Dimitri. I love Russian history!

[Wolff]

Peter the great was some time in my hometown to do a cure (drinking salutary water,......) but he only drank wodka.....
But we have every year a kind of parade were all our cure guests are "re-enacted" and tsar Peter is playing a big part in it....