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Peter the Great

of Russia built St. Petersburg, and gave Russia a place among the nations of Europe. He laid aside his crown and sceptre, came to England, and worked as a common labourer in our dockyards, that he might teach his subjects how to build ships.

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894

Peter the Hermit

Peter of Provence

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