Show t 01 cm f tatt tt tt is of czar who changed puss fuss as a s capital mit 3 FW YOI 1 and st peters i I 1 uig aig celeb their birth E TV days re eltiy each in 1 l its dounda 4 1 I t on le ie called tl e name of a one was petel degant tl tie e othel peter the greit ore it TI e bommele il cap tal of the amer leas 1001 ed b bid acl ovel its yeats of municipal life and ajo ced ii iu its lise ilse aiom oln a gioia P of I 1 fits with 41 stockade sto cLade to tl e decoi d city in the world the imperial cap til of the R bissias exulted in if tie e fact tl atiat at it m was as not only the 3 gest of eui Eni cap atals but I 1 calf i i century younger than its ameri amerl can mil and retold its two centar es of mai filic dunst i flood pestilence ind insurrect on in the transformation of tl e bogs of the r ver neva to a city of i blaces aid ai d catl redials with a lation of 1500 1 the angin of st beters leters lurg turg bis caiseda a lethal of internal dional in the still mole remark able cla cl lacter t f its founder states men of fore go ga nations who are watch ing dussl i just now with particular cdx oty ety have paused in their te leid id ng of dispa dispatches teles giom kishineff port kr t thur and feofil afi to consider the und kind of man who alist loused longed pugs i from its ancient or entil sm sni who first organ iced its limy built its first ships and wa alo 0 stat stained ted ta tie e slav on bib caleer of expansion from the baltic to the pa CHIC and aiom the aicale to the hop flop cs such a bid ward nvard view of the life of peter tl e greit great reflects a corn com I 1 I 1 nation of tia ts wl ich at first seem a medley tl 11 s gleat deeds wh ch ell so clealle illustrate the the tl e ambition and the w if 11 power of U e russian ale intelman led tt th strange almost fi fio akish e eci I 1 abes I 1 oi example th s monarch would devote his attention at one oue time to the bull I 1 ng of a ci thedral on an other on oil he woul I 1 set up a fool for a Patri Pat naich aih fill h in with wine and then cai caise se the drunken wretch to be in h gh state modern puss ans however are tire frank in relating both the noble an I 1 gro esque acts of tl e r gibat czar as in of the struggle of the slav dom baab to the civilization civilisation of the present time it was in peter the great tl ti it the forces of light and dark ness met and battled N sow ow ta tie e one now the ott oil ei conquered those who are so intently studying ahe the russian of tie twentieth century because lecause of his tremendous influence la in the world worlds a politics find a peculiar significance in the wild s de of peter s character even at the pie ent t me the question quest iod is acied ed Is russia still tar tarba batic ilc I 1 what will she do nest next A comparison of the savage peter with the bussian of to day shows how tar far la in these two I 1 andied years the bus rus an mind his bas softened and thus fore shadows to a certain degier its future development I 1 the ta es told of peter abound with many mancip exploit exploits which more lecent ft lave ab absurd urd along the stories however which baie aie not met with dostie po Do stivi stiv CO contri i diction thele aie ale many alich would seem to belong moie mole to fiction than to history pc example exan pie it is related that dui ng the earl est daa da s of st I 1 the ml ab tants i evoked against liv ng any longer in the fill flost st yai one bundled thousand bad had d ed flom pestilence ind flood I 1 the he sheets and floors of the louses houses were fere so i ear the s edge that feneis lavager the community community comm unit and the b tier cold of winter when the temperature frequently frequent iv sank to forty degrees below beio fioco to deith death many a it haidy cossack who had been compelled to settle accordingly the tile people bought sought tl e to inter cede clde for them and gecine their de aiom the hated bated town toun i the azat was living thele at the time la in a wooden hut wh ch ell Is st 11 II preserved pie served but the waited I 1 was out of town then they the attention of the multitude to an image of tl e blessed virgin which was weeping copiously our blessed lidy beeps for tie ness ind death wl ich biffl acts us she bids us flee this valley of sorrow said the the community hid been left in chalce of count GaIo fLin and tl if e count in agatin sent posthaste toi foi his NS master there wis nas no time lost vetel was back beffie he wis expect ed As soon as he be saw the weeping image he tore off the bick of its head hea 1 I and dischi bied a hollow filled with 0 I 1 which kept trickling out through the o 0 es that a the way your mike fools of you cited the czar and p cl el ang na up the image he took it home hemp with him to add to h s collection of cm ell os the alist build ng however wt ch ell peter elected in the city aftel the fort was a church at a state dinner pete was wont to encourage di inking and ng as he said it promoted good bellou sh p bior this purpose he saw that the tables were never neier furnished with enoah chairs to go around accord angly alil dinner started off with a flee fight foi peats seats those who failed to find seats were compelled either to sit on tl e floor or go aitho it food neither were there enough napkins and aftel the guests who obtained chairs were seat ed they began bean be an another battle in the bame way there was always an in sufficient number of dishes and knives so that many of the guests were corn com belled to divide i 1 d sh oi 01 an eat cat ng utensil between them to the deris on of thelt moie mole fortunate fellows the azal cheered on the combatants and h matt ilmi i i aa a y the greater the no se e ind the moie mole he al aepli ae lei I 1 the io 10 to each guest wa nen a leit f 1 ip ot of bian blan ly and fl is fiery pot on oil w via wis is followed by goblets of tol y mr n ne consequently the gle gleiter itei on oil of ti tie e assemblage became bea t addle 1 be foie even eien the soup was beiver 1 out the mell I 1 eat b i bleis of or darl beer wele pissed assed 1101 id 1 petel sitt ng n at tl e held of tl II e til ie le of honor sui rounded with carp nt i rights and dechai cs es c sl t onto I 1 to the sen senators sena tois atols and foren fore m n inia qa a dois scattered pell nell abound ia tie e other tables dr nl hearty drink beavy di DL it ill at such d anners the cai often claie pla e I 1 practical jokes on h b s g lebbs wh ch ell would baiely be I 1 goo I 1 eti ell quette at the time for ex ample he would have his cooks put mice in the soup so that the autu al als would not be found I 1 the lii li i ers had almost dia ned the again the ceat ai ounce ittel a couise coulse had been eaten tl it the was that of a laven or wolf othel dinners accald n ass to some I 1 s toi ans were made ong on for tl e slaughter of mis 01 tn tois tots IN V en ell was mas in hollind wolling is sh l t so tl at I 1 e in lit ht leun willi le un tl tie e sa s1 lp vioght s lit ind antio duce it into I 1 a I 1 e lein leirl d that A lebell on had bad abiol en ell out ahmoi g tl ti e tes or impel al at quid quiel ly leguin u ng home he be i ut dom down u the tile insurrection an I 1 tl en ell ordered a gleat d anet to be I 1 eld to coan emor ate I 1 is victory TO tl if ose who ha I 1 been faithful to I 1 im ini in his absence he offered r ch ell reiN rewards ards ahe twenty leaders of tie tl e rebels however wele led into the bai ball and elect ted beaole tie tl e guests petel is s nd to have acted as execute oi 01 ei hi hl self 41 d after each toast he lie would a las of wine ind tl ti en ell still e off on tl e hea I 1 of a tz the other iut lt on ests were put to death on the wl eel oi 01 by the exe and their heals hei Is mele transfixed on p kes aloi g the sheets peter s sojourn in holland in the g i se e of a sh abu idel and I 1 s vib t to england to study the wharves gul comfere al I 1 fe of london filled with stai stalling ta ug inc dents in keep n ng w th the kind of man he was soon after 11 hs s aich anival al it zaandam crowds began to bes beg ege his big humble aeilt ap nt ments to see h clouds always i yoked peter and at this tin e he went into a fit as he otten often did at times of high tens on the sight of the young man writhing on the floal drove off the curious throng in a pan c I 1 ut it d d not d ose h s own attend ants in london the czar encountered such crowds that on one occasion when a portel carrying a hod pushed h in clear off the sidewalk he immediately pulled up his sleeves for a fight fl Z ht the mar quis of carmarthen Car marthen was with him lira ind the english lord exclaimed look here you hind do yon you know whom you have insulted 9 chis his man heie is the czar of puss q but the porter lid not recoil instead he threw out his chest and blandly czir heh beh well were hall chai azais s ere on returning from england peter was with the absurd ty of tl e analei t costume of h s countrymen which they had inherited aiom ta tier e r formel masters the fartais angly he began i against the gleat ion long pats boits qi 11 I 1 I 1 lay ay a y tiou seis sels wh ch ell he sail the r iss ins from keep n up with ith tl e i stein n neighbors neighbor his musters n leip thunderstruck thunders such i i lafonn nas mas not only they said but would destroy the nation itte t tte 15 I 1 ra e russians would lae I 1 a e tie ater r coat tails d on the ground ir lr i r they m I 1 perish you will cut off youl coattails coit coitt tails alls or cut off your 1 aids shouted petel in a piss on tie coulters couite rs hally de aided that then heads wele of me e consequence and sullenly obeyed TI tie e coatta Is 19 came off TI en ell the locq doyil I 1 re forner the beilig off faiq jck is was heap ng mimy on insult 11 hat bat was more beautiful tl ti i i i bell beird d reach ng to the mi w st an I 1 0 ON o ei ing the cl 1 est I 1 le ie a shawl ed ta 1 noble boa bojars ars an wis imminent so ea claimed ai ged h hs s me tics sl gl HI but at the same ti i e ex eluted a neat bi s ness coup by t sh every lone ion beird on i noble ani an I 1 tl at of tl tie e pe i ceita celia n small sum eveni time tl ey passed the ty gite at alist tie revenue wi i handsome one but scowl slowly the fealds came off fools said petel as the tax dwin died away they had rather hae haie their beards p billed out hair by ha i than sha shai e them off all at once finally weid only two long beards left it the court and peter ciul t tl ese one day dav and them himself before i i cobit filled with guests and ambassadors |