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Synopsis:
The story of Peter the Great, the 6ft 8 giant whose enduring legacy is the city of St Petersburg. Remembered as a visionary, moderniser, town-planner and military strategist, the Russian leader was also known as a hooligan, torturer and tyrant, whose plans for a new and ordered society fell through as rifts developed between him and his collaborators

