Peter the Great
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Peter the Great by Lindsay Hughes comes up on The Rest Is History, with transcript quotes, timestamps, and episode context.
Peter the Great by Lindsay Hughes appears 1 time across 1 podcast episode on 1 show, with transcript quotes and timestamps.
“Weber there is describing a wedding feast that was held in St. Petersburg in November 1710, where the couple and all the attendees were dwarves.”
Why people keep bringing this up
The host mentions 'Peter the Great' to explore the eccentricities and grotesque elements of Peter's court, as described by Friedrich Christian Weber. This sets the stage for a deeper discussion on the cultural and historical context of Peter's reign and its impact on Russia's image to foreign visitors.
Peter the Great by Lindsay Hughes most often appears in conversations about Peter the Great's court.
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The host mentions 'Peter the Great' to explore the eccentricities and grotesque elements of Peter's court, as described by Friedrich Christian Weber. This sets the stage for a deeper discussion on the cultural and historical context of Peter's reign and its impact on Russia's image to foreign visitors.
Recent show rotation: The Rest Is History.
Fastest path back to the source: the strongest indexed mention lands at 1:02:35 in the episode where we captured it.
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Which episode mentioned Peter the Great?
567. The Great Northern War: Murder in Moscow (Part 4) on The Rest Is History is one of the clearest indexed episodes that mentioned Peter the Great by Lindsay Hughes. The first indexed transcript timestamp lands at 1:02:35.
Which podcast mentioned Peter the Great?
The Rest Is History is the main indexed podcast currently tied to Peter the Great by Lindsay Hughes.
Who mentioned Peter the Great on podcasts?
PodcastMentions ties Peter the Great by Lindsay Hughes to The Rest Is History, but the underlying mentions do not yet expose stable guest names for every episode.
Why do podcast guests bring up Peter the Great?
The host mentions 'Peter the Great' to explore the eccentricities and grotesque elements of Peter's court, as described by Friedrich Christian Weber. This sets the stage for a deeper discussion on the cultural and historical context of Peter's reign and its impact on Russia's image to foreign visitors. It most often appears in conversations about Peter the Great's court.
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“In her brilliant book about Peter the Great, Lindsay Hughes quotes a Pan-Slav historian called Mikhail Pogodin in 1841, one of the great 19th century historians of Russia.”