Peter the Great

Monday we ran out of time, but I wanted to show these two video clips. The first is a very quick, but accurate, summary of major reforms under Peter the Great. It would be wise to give it four minutes of your time. The second video is just a reenactment of Poltava (you should all know what that refers to) from a recent Russian film. As a Russian film it clearly portrays the Russians in better light. The point of this clip is just to give you a sense of the warfare at this time. The green/red soldiers are the Russians and the blue are the Swedes.

WATCH THIS:

Check out a few seconds

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