Peter The Great

In 1682, Sophia Romanov sent her palace guards to get rid of her “heirs” and other conflicts with her reign. Luckily, her two brothers 16 year old Ivan, and 10 year old Peter escaped with there step-mother. Later on, Sophia declared that both Peter and Ivan are the czars of Russia. In 1689, Sophia lost the mobility of her legs. She had her guards, once again try and kill Peter. The guards, realizing that Peter was in communication with …

…packed into the twenty some minutes it was. I had never really learned much about the rise of Russia, and this movie really helped me understand how it all came to be. I liked the “go get it” attitude of Peter and this movie really does a good job of pointing this out, by showing his every move to glorify Russia. I would like to see more of these shorter, detailed movies in the future.