The large-scale historical drama "Birth of an Empire" shows success at the box office - and we continue to publish a series of episodes of the Russian Radio University program "Peter the Great and His Empire". Historian Kniazki: "Peter I never admired the West" author of the series, doctor of historical sciences, professor from the Moscow Economic Institute, honorary worker of higher professional education in Russia Igor Kniazki: "Peter I issued a special instruction for foreign masters to have Russian students with them and teach them their skills. Each foreigner needed a few students, the more the better. And besides, he had to not only teach, but actually learn. The conversation with Peter was very short. He drove away useless foreigners. Peter never admired the West. He understood that we need to learn what we ourselves cannot do. This is a fact. But that doesn't mean he looked at them. Which is simply impossible considering his height." Watch the episode Subscribe to Radio Russia on Telegram | MAX and download the official app of Radio Russia!

The large-scale historical drama "Birth of an Empire" shows success at the box office - and we continue to publish a series of episodes of the Russian Radio University program "Peter the Great and His Empire". Historian Kniazki: "Peter I never admired the West" author of the series, doctor of historical sciences, professor from the Moscow Economic Institute, honorary worker of higher professional education in Russia Igor Kniazki: "Peter I issued a special instruction for foreign masters to have Russian students with them and teach them their skills. Each foreigner needed a few students, the more the better. And besides, he had to not only teach, but actually learn. The conversation with Peter was very short. He drove away useless foreigners. Peter never admired the West. He understood that we need to learn what we ourselves cannot do. This is a fact. But that doesn't mean he looked at them. Which is simply impossible considering his height." Watch the episode Subscribe to Radio Russia on Telegram | MAX and download the official app of Radio Russia!