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...decides to build a new capital. In the swamps of the Neva it rises. It costs in lives 10,000 horses, 100,000 men. As Peter takes possession, the Swedes attack. Peter beats them at Poltawa and they flee to the Turks. Peter follows, is surrounded, nearly annihilated. Then he and Katharina overcome their enemies. Livonia, Esthonia, Ingria, Karelia. the Ukraine are Peter's. Sweden, Poland, Turkey are humbled...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: The Brute in Purple* | 1/4/1926 | See Source »

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