“And the man who made Russia into an imperial empire was Peter the Great.” The czar will “live ... admired European art and culture, and sought to attract European scholars to live in ...

“Peter the Great waged the Great Northern War for 21 ... Putin was at the event celebrating the 350th anniversary of Peter’s birth, Fine Art Images/Heritage Images/Getty Images “Apparently ...

Russia has announced that work to recreate one of its greatest art treasures, Peter the Great's Amber Room, has been completed just weeks before the city of his name celebrates its 300th anniversary.