The Russian empire, the state of Muscovy had already expanded greatly, but it's really Peter the great, it's the big guy who expanded Russia, its territorial size enormously.

沙俄帝国在此之前已有大幅扩张，但是，是彼得大帝，是这个大家伙扩张了俄国领土，他统治下的沙俄幅员辽阔。

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There are 100 times more books, pamphlets, prints, and maps produced in Russia under the time of Peter the great than there had been in the whole previous century.

彼得大帝在位时期发行了大量的书籍,宣传册子,报纸和地图等印刷制品,数量比俄国过去一个世纪的总和还多百倍

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There are 100 times more books, pamphlets, prints, and maps produced in Russia under the time of Peter the great than there had been in the whole previous century.

彼得大帝在位时期发行了大量的书籍,宣传册子,报纸和地图等印刷制品,数量比俄国过去一个世纪的总和还多百倍

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It was from here that Peter undertook the first great modernization of Russia, where citizens agitated for the October Revolution that ushered in the Communist age, and where residents later pushed for Democratic reform as Communism crumbled.

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Russia in the Age of Peter the Great, by Lindsey Hughes.

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Russia is sending a flotilla headed by one of its largest warships, Peter the Great, a nuclear-powered cruiser, to the Caribbean for joint manoeuvres with Venezuela, America's most pungent adversary in the region.

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