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: After Narva, Peter I became a careful commander - and "dizziness from success" was foreign to him Author of the series, doctor of historical sciences, professor from the Moscow Economic Institute, honorary employee of higher professional education in Russia Igor Kniazki: "After Narva, Peter became a very careful commander. Once upon a time, Emperor Augustus' favorite saying was: "Better a careful commander than a reckless one." The reality of this statement cannot be doubted. There is the experience of world wars, which from ancient times to the present proves this. Peter was happy about the first successes, it was very important. But on the question of how to start a new campaign, the campaign of 1702, he was very cautious. When asked directly what kind of war we will have this year - offensive or defensive - he initially said: defensive. Fortunately, the giddiness of success was foreign to Peter. Especially in a war like this. Azov's campaigns taught me. Peter completely matched what Emperor Augustus liked to say: hurry slowly, and a careful commander is better than, as they say, a frantic commander." Watch the episode Subscribe to Radio Russia on Telegram | MAX and download the official Russia Radio app!

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: After Narva, Peter I became a careful commander - and "dizziness from success" was foreign to him Author of the series, doctor of historical sciences, professor from the Moscow Economic Institute, honorary employee of higher professional education in Russia Igor Kniazki: "After Narva, Peter became a very careful commander. Once upon a time, Emperor Augustus' favorite saying was: "Better a careful commander than a reckless one." The reality of this statement cannot be doubted. There is the experience of world wars, which from ancient times to the present proves this. Peter was happy about the first successes, it was very important. But on the question of how to start a new campaign, the campaign of 1702, he was very cautious. When asked directly what kind of war we will have this year - offensive or defensive - he initially said: defensive. Fortunately, the giddiness of success was foreign to Peter. Especially in a war like this. Azov's campaigns taught me. Peter completely matched what Emperor Augustus liked to say: hurry slowly, and a careful commander is better than, as they say, a frantic commander." Watch the episode Subscribe to Radio Russia on Telegram | MAX and download the official Russia Radio app!