37+ Famous Quotes By Peter The Great Images. Through a number of successful wars he expanded the tsardom into a much. That is the first commandment, perhaps the only one.
First toys, then boys, then grown men.
That is the first commandment, perhaps the only one. And although he was a prominent war commander and lawmaker, he also but peter the great was given this title not for his personal traits. Peter showed exceptional resourcefulness and wit but had an explosive temper. Under his rule, russia moved from being a poor farming society into an empire as strong as the other european powers.