6 anecdotes about the personalities of Russian Emperors Kira Lisitskaya (Photo: Windsor Castle; kokouu/Getty Images) These stories and anecdotes, although not definitively proven, really succeed at showing the Russian Emperors in a very human light.
Peter the Great and punctuality Peter I, by Valentin Serov, 1907. State Tretyakov Gallery. Alexey Bushkin/Sputnik
Peter the Great did everything fast – he walked fast, thought fast, and was usually up very early. When a new Prussian envoy was sent to St. Petersburg, Peter invited him to his court at 4am for an audience. But the ambassador arrived an hour late, at 5, when the Emperor had already left to supervise the shipworks at the Admiralty. The envoy was forced to go there as well, as he had very urgent errands.
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