Peter the Great

Currently Playing: Peter the Great: The Russian Tsar Who Travelled Undercover To Britain (Episode 2 Reupload)

This is a reupload of part 2 of our series on Peter the Great, due to a technical issue with the first upload. The whole series on Peter the Great can be found here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLEbAHi3fZpuEAY4V74bKJ1fe4BXElTm_4 Join this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUYK0BJZF3yNb2fw1EdAXUQ/join 00:00 – The Most Unhinged Gap Year in History Begins 00:31 – A Violent, Brandy-Soaked Tsar in London 01:58 – Peter Takes Power—but Gives It Straight to Mum 03:25 – Peter’s Physical Tics, Epilepsy, and Childhood Trauma 04:38 – The German Suburb and Peter’s Western Fascination 05:45 – General Gordon: The Tsar’s Scottish Mercenary Mentor 06:50 – Franz Lefort and the Boozy, Buxom Barracks Court 07:55 – The Jolly Company: Pranks, Violence, and Vodka 08:50 – Stripped by Bears and Exploded by Bellows 10:15 – The Synod of Fools: Mock Church, Real Power 11:38 – Peter’s Complex Faith: Curious but Devout 12:56 – Mice-Skin Gloves and Sleighs Pulled by Pigs 13:50 – Founding the Russian Navy in Archangel 14:30 – Capturing Azov: Peter’s First Military Triumph 15:00 – A Roman-Style Triumph with Mars and Hercules 15:55 – A Great Embassy to Learn from the West 16:50 – Peter Travels Incognito with 250 Men and 4 Dwarfs 18:10 – Executions, Coffin Desecration, and the Price of Dissent 19:20 – Incognito in Riga: Offended by Swedish Sobriety 21:02 – Bear Fights and Fox Tossing in Prussia 22:30 – Meeting Future British Royals—and Their Corsets 24:00 – Zandam: Peter Joins a Dutch Shipyard as ‘Carpenter Peter’ 25:55 – Mobbed by Tourists and Mud-Throwing Kids 27:00 – Amsterdam: Peter’s Shipyard Heaven (with Walls) 28:00 – Dissections, Corpse Biting, and Dutch Anatomy Lessons 29:00 – Why the Dutch Disappoint: No Blueprints?! 29:40 – To England: Peter Asks William for an Invite 30:00 – Arrival in London, Student Digs, and Stinky Beds 31:30 – Crocodiles, Coffins, and Letitia Cross 33:00 – Moving to Deptford—and Trashing the Greatest Garden in England 34:10 – Peter Falls in Love with the Quakers 35:20 – Watching Parliament from a Skylight 36:00 – “It Is Good to Hear Subjects Speak Truthfully to Their King” 36:45 – Putin and Prince Andrew Visit Peter’s Statue 37:20 – Tobacco, Engineers, and Two Barbers: What Peter Took from England 38:20 – “England is the Best, Most Beautiful, and Happiest Place on Earth” 39:00 – Evelyn Returns: The Garden is Destroyed 40:15 – From Fox Tossing to Cabinets of Curiosities in Vienna 41:00 – Mutiny! The Streltsy March on Moscow 42:00 – Peter’s Panic—and His Race Back Across Poland 43:00 – Augustus the Strong and the Art of Fox Tossing 44:50 – The Baltic Pact: The Birth of the Anti-Swede Alliance 46:52 – Return to Moscow and the Great Beard Shaving 48:00 – New Dress Codes, Calendar, and Coinage 50:00 – Divorce by Nunnery: Odoxia Sent Away, Alexis Taken 51:35 – The Streltsy Torture Begins 53:10 – Burnings, Whippings, and Executions by the Tsar Himself 54:30 – Show Trials and the Russian Tradition of Spectacle 55:20 – Corpses Hanged Outside Sophia’s Window 56:10 – Peter Beheads Five Men in Public—With His Own Axe 57:00 – “No More Streltsy”: Absolute Power Secured 57:35 – Endless Feasts, Pipe Crosses, and Dwarf-Packed Pies 58:05 – The Baltic Dream Begins: Peace with the Ottomans 58:58 – August 19, 1700: War is Declared on Sweden Twitter: @TheRestHistory @holland_tom @dcsandbrook Producer: Theo Young-Smith Assistant Producer: Tabby Syrett Social Producer: Harry Balden Video Editor: Jack Meek Executive Producers: Jack Davenport + Tony Pastor