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Peter the Great and the Tsarevich Alexei. The great Emperor was a powerful sovereign, but, writes Ian Grey, disappointed in his weak and nervous son, Peter proved a stern and cruel parent. Ian Grey | Published in History Today Volume 24 Issue 11 November 1974. In his relations with his son, Peter the Great was to be faced with a personal and a ...
Mar 18, 2024 · ‘Peter the Great Interrogating the Tsarevich Alexei Petrovich at Peterhof’ was created in 1871 by Nikolai Ge in Realism style. Find more prominent pieces of history painting at Wikiart.org – best visual art database.
Title: Peter I Interrogating the Tsarevich Alexei. Creator: Ge N.N. The picture takes the viewer into the era of Peter and makes him witness of a dramatic confrontation between the...
Peter I interrogating his son Alexei, a painting by Nikolai Ge (1871) Peter the Great had two wives, with whom he had fifteen children, three of whom survived to adulthood. Peter's mother selected his first wife, Eudoxia Lopukhina, when he was only 16. This was consistent with previous Romanov tradition by choosing a daughter of a minor noble.
Peter I interrogating his son Alexei. Nikolai Ge/Wikipedia. Sophia was not the only relative of Peter to fall prey to his infamous temper. The tsar executed his own son - Alexei - for...
The conflict between Tsar Peter the Great and his son and heir the tsarevich Aleksei is one of the classic stories of Russian history. It is supposed to illustrate the struggle of old and new, of the new European- ized Russia with Old Muscovite conservatism, of culture with obscuran- tism.
After the birth of Alexei's son Peter (the future Peter II) in 1715, Peter accused Alexei of neglecting the common good and threatened to disinherit him: "Better a worthy stranger [on the throne] than my own unworthy son."
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