Now, what about Peter the Great?

那么 彼得大帝是怎么样一个人？

In 1716 he gave it to Peter the Great.

1716年, 他把它送给了彼得大帝。

They're serving this huge, lumbering, strange guy, Peter the Great.

他们是在服务那个又大 又蠢 又奇怪的彼得大帝。

You're certainly familiar with Peter the Great's Kunstkamera museum in Saint-Petersburg.

你也对圣彼得堡的彼得大帝人类学博物馆非常熟悉。

Peter the Great early in the 18th century, and progressively gilded by generations of Russian royalty.

和後世俄罗斯皇族陆续添加的装饰点缀，打造出这座城市壮观的建筑及如诗如画的水道?

But in fact, Peter the Great listened to whom he wanted to and ignored the others.

但实际上 彼得大帝亲吝远贤。

Peter the Great had a monopoly on dice, because people gambled a lot.

彼得大帝曾经垄断了骰子的销售，因为人们很喜欢赌博。

Peter the Great banned the use of stone elsewhere in Russia so wealth and talent poured into the city.

彼得大帝禁止俄罗斯其他地区使用石材使得财富及人才涌入这座城市。

But the people who are thought to have made history: Napoleon, Peter the Great, other people.

拿破仑 彼得大帝 诸如此类。

That, in neon, is what Peter the Great did above all and for which he shall most be remembered.

彼得大帝曾探求着调和两者之间的解决之道他所做的这些努力应该被永远铭记。

Peter the Great was a huge sort of power-forward-sized guy at a time when people were very small.

在那个民众极端渺小的时代彼得大帝却手握重权。

After a visit to France in the late 17th century, Peter the Great decided to build a palace for himself better than Versailles.

彼得大帝于十七世纪末到法国游览了一趟后，他决定要为自己盖一座比凡尔赛宫还好的皇宫。

From Peter the Great's time on, Russia had embraced Western culture; before long Russian poets, painters, and scientists were numbered among the world's greatest.

从彼得大帝时期开始，俄罗斯就开始接纳西方文化不久之后，俄国诗人，画家，和科学家，都跻身世界前列。

They called Peter the Great White Father, prostrating themselves [lying down] before him; and he liked this tremendously, so that it was not really good for him.

他们称彼得为" 伟大的白人父亲" ，拜倒在他的面前。 彼得非常喜欢这一点，其实这对他并不好。

St Petersburg, founded by Peter the Great in 1703, was Russia's capital from 1712-1918, before the government changed it to Moscow.

圣彼得堡由彼得大帝于 1703 年建立， 在 1712 年至 1918 年期间是俄罗斯的首都，之后政府将其改为莫斯科。

Its flagship is the Peter the Great Nuclear Battle Cruiser, outfitted with its array of weapons to hit targets on sea and land and fight off planes and submarines.

即彼得大帝战斗核战巡洋舰，该舰装备了一系列武器以打击海、陆上的目标，击落飞机和潜艇。

For practical reasons, Alexander the Great insisted his soldiers be clean-shaven, but Peter the Great of Russia went further, insisting no Russians had beards.

出于实际原因， 亚历山大大帝坚持要求他的士兵剃光胡子，但俄罗斯的彼得大帝走得更远， 坚持没有俄罗斯人留胡子。

Supposedly, Elizabeth launched her coup d'etat out of fear she would be banished to a convent, which was not an appealing fate for a daughter of Peter the Great and Catherine the First.

据说，伊丽莎白发动政变是因为害怕被送去修道院，作为彼得大帝和叶卡捷琳娜的女儿，这可不算是什么好下场。

To learn more about Russia, check out our book, The Russian Empire - A Captivating Guide to the  Third-Largest Empire in History, Starting from Peter the Great to the Russian Revolution.

要了解有关俄罗斯的更多信息，请查看我们的书，俄罗斯帝国 - 历史上第三大帝国的迷人指南，从彼得大帝到俄国革命。

Whoever examines with attention, the improvements which Peter the Great introduced into the Russian empire, will find that they almost all resolve themselves into the establishment of a well regulated standing army.

仔细研究彼得大帝给俄罗斯帝国带来的改进， 就会发现它们几乎都解决了建立一支训练有素的常备军的问题。