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Aug 11, 2019 4:09 PM CST Peter the Great...
Peter the Great, Peter I or Peter Alexeyevich ruled the Tsardom of Russia and later the Russian Empire from 7 May [O.S. 27 April] 1682 until his death in 1725, jointly ruling before 1696 with his elder ...


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Aug 11, 2019 5:08 PM CST Peter the Great...
blanking
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Aug 11, 2019 5:46 PM CST Peter the Great...
Bnaughty
BnaughtyBnaughtyMálaga, Andalusia Spain43 Threads 2 Polls 4,685 Posts
pedro27: Peter the Great, Peter I or Peter Alexeyevich ruled the Tsardom of Russia and later the Russian Empire from 7 May [O.S. 27 April] 1682 until his death in 1725, jointly ruling before 1696 with his elder ...
With his elver? He ruled with a baby eel?
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Aug 13, 2019 10:20 AM CST Peter the Great...
It was never a plus, and yet the bar sinister is not uncommon in heradry.
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Aug 13, 2019 11:52 AM CST Peter the Great...
pedro27: Peter the Great, Peter I or Peter Alexeyevich ruled the Tsardom of Russia and later the Russian Empire from 7 May [O.S. 27 April] 1682 until his death in 1725, jointly ruling before 1696 with his elder ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zar_und_Zimmermann

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Aug 13, 2019 12:00 PM CST Peter the Great...
donal63
donal63donal63letterkenny, Donegal Ireland2 Threads 2,252 Posts
pedro27: Peter the Great, Peter I or Peter Alexeyevich ruled the Tsardom of Russia and later the Russian Empire from 7 May [O.S. 27 April] 1682 until his death in 1725, jointly ruling before 1696 with his elder ...
what was great about him?
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Aug 17, 2019 12:58 PM CST Peter the Great...
Driver406
Driver406Driver406St Paul, Minnesota USA94 Posts
No, he greatly expanded Russia and did a great deal to modernize it to the standards of western Europe. He was a mess by the time he died, had some urinary blockage. I forget what got him, but he must have been glad to go.
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Aug 17, 2019 1:03 PM CST Peter the Great...
Tulefell
TulefellTulefellGothenburg, Vastra Gotaland Sweden103 Threads 5 Polls 3,295 Posts
donal63: what was great about him?
He was tall.
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Aug 17, 2019 1:40 PM CST Peter the Great...
Tulefell: He was tall.
If I remember right he worked as a labourer in western Europe in order to learn how ships were built in the west, something like that.
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Aug 17, 2019 1:50 PM CST Peter the Great...
Tulefell
TulefellTulefellGothenburg, Vastra Gotaland Sweden103 Threads 5 Polls 3,295 Posts
snowlynx: If I remember right he worked as a labourer in western Europe in order to learn how ships were built in the west, something like that.
You remember right.

I didn't, though, expect anyone from those times to be still alive.

Care to share your longivity secret?
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Aug 17, 2019 2:27 PM CST Peter the Great...
Tulefell: You remember right.

I didn't, though, expect anyone from those times to be still alive.

Care to share your longivity secret?
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Sure, no women, no whiskey, no cigarettes.......
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Aug 17, 2019 2:29 PM CST Peter the Great...
Tulefell
TulefellTulefellGothenburg, Vastra Gotaland Sweden103 Threads 5 Polls 3,295 Posts
snowlynx: Sure, no women, no whiskey, no cigarettes.......
I totally can do without all of those.
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Aug 17, 2019 2:31 PM CST Peter the Great...
Tulefell: I totally can do without all of those.
Then you too will live to a great age....
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Aug 17, 2019 2:35 PM CST Peter the Great...
Tulefell
TulefellTulefellGothenburg, Vastra Gotaland Sweden103 Threads 5 Polls 3,295 Posts
snowlynx: Then you too will live to a great age....
Any point in that?
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Aug 17, 2019 2:40 PM CST Peter the Great...
Tulefell: Any point in that?
Yes, with age comes wisdom.blues
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Aug 17, 2019 2:45 PM CST Peter the Great...
Tulefell
TulefellTulefellGothenburg, Vastra Gotaland Sweden103 Threads 5 Polls 3,295 Posts
snowlynx: Yes, with age comes wisdom.
I've got lot of that. Will exchange it for money any time.

Any takers?
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Aug 17, 2019 2:52 PM CST Peter the Great...
Tulefell: I've got lot of that. Will exchange it for money any time.

Any takers?
Yes, you are a wise woman.
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Aug 17, 2019 3:03 PM CST Peter the Great...
Tulefell
TulefellTulefellGothenburg, Vastra Gotaland Sweden103 Threads 5 Polls 3,295 Posts
snowlynx: Yes, you are a wise woman.
Well... I used to be pretty... must be the age.
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