Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday paid tribute to Tsar “Peter the Great” on the 350th birthday of the monarch, drawing a parallel between two equally historic journeys to reconquer Russian lands.
“‘Peter the Great’ fought in the Great Northern War for 21 years. Apparently because he was at war with Sweden, he took something from them. He did not take anything from them, he took it back (the one from Russia)” Putin said after visiting an exhibition dedicated to the tsar .
In televised statements on the 106th day of his war in Ukraine, Putin likened Peter’s campaign to the task facing the Russian government today.
“It seems that it is also up to us to give back (the one from Russia) and strengthen (the country). And if we act from the fact that these core values form the foundations of our existence, we will certainly succeed. The tasks we face.”
Now in his 23rd year in power, Putin has repeatedly tried to justify his actions in Ukraine, where Russia’s forces have devastated cities, killed thousands and withdrawn millions, and has offered a historical view that claims Ukraine has no national identity. as a state.
An autocratic and modernizing monarch admired by progressive and conservative Russians, “Peter the Great” ruled for 43 years and was named after a new capital, St.
It was a project that took the lives of tens of thousands of serfs in forced labor to build Peter’s “window to Europe” in the marshes along the Baltic Sea.
source: Noticias
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