Peter I's figure is very much misunderstood. There was hardly any other Russian ruler so widely and universally hated during his lifetime. No wonder so many of his reforms were reversed almost immediately upon his death: Navy budget cut, the capital brought back to Moscow, etc https://t.co/35mqA9stFI

— Kamil Galeev (@kamilkazani) June 10, 2022

RT @kamilkazani: Peter I’s figure is very much misunderstood. There was hardly any other Russian ruler so widely and universally hated duri…