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Dear friends, we continue our story about the constellation of Peter the Great's closest associates.

Peter I ruled a vast empire for 36 years. He managed to surround himself not just with favorites, but with vibrant personalities and talented associates.

Who organized the bloodless return of Tsarevich Alexei from Italy? Who became the absolute record holder for the longest reign of the Tsar? The empire's foremost dandy—who possessed a wardrobe whose inventory alone took up 70 pages? Who first abandoned the battlefield and then proposed the idea of ​​barrier detachments?

This and much more is covered in the second part of the lecture "Chicks of Petrov's Nest," part of Vladimir Medinsky's series of stories "The Times of Peter the Great."

"Chicks of Petrov's Nest" | Vladimir Medinsky's Course | Peter the Great's Time
Серия 14. «Птенцы гнезда Петрова»

📚 A list of recommended readings on this topic is provided in the lecture description "Series 18. Who wrote Peter the Great's last will and testament? Answers to your questions. Continued":
Серия 18. Кто написал завещание Петра Вели...

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Time Codes:
00:00 – The Fledglings of Petrov's Nest – the Emperor's "Team"
01:58 – Rodion Baur: Wounded, Paralyzed, but Still on Horseback
02:55 – Yakov Bruce: "the most wonderful man in Russia." Descendant of Scottish kings, scholar, and sorcerer
03:55 – Pyotr Tolstoy: From a Provincial Voivode to the First Russian Ambassador to Constantinople
09:30 – Anikita Repnin: A Prince Demoted to the Private and Pardoned by the Tsar The Author of the Concept of Barrier Detachments
13:24 – The Incorruptible Merry Fellow Pavel Yaguzhinsky: From the Tsar's Orderly to Prosecutor General
20:24 – "Beloved Friend" Aleksashka Menshikov: From Rags to Riches. And Back to Rags Again. A Greedy and Illiterate, Fearless Military Man with Brilliant Organizational Skills
40:54 – The Fall of a Semi-Sovereign Ruler. Exile, Smallpox, Death. The Fate of Children
44:11 – After Menshikov's Death
49:06 – "The Fledglings of Peter's Nest" - Reckless, Fierce, and Talented Comrades

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