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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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What is Russia famous for? Our readers answer! Kira Lisitskaya (Photo: Jack Vartoogian/Keystone/Getty Images; Vasily Perov/Tretyakov Gallery; Legion media) It turns out, Russian MMA fighters are no less famous than classic writers! What a surprise!
What do you know about Russia, except for its size? We asked our readers to recall the things that they thought made the country famous. Among the hundreds of answers, the greatest examples were of the cuisine, culture and traditions. But nobody (NOBODY!) said that Russians didn’t smile. Thank you!
St. Basil s cathedral. Alexander Scherbak/TASS
1. First human in space
Yury Gagarin on April 12, 1961.