Hermitage Masterpieces
Russia in the Age of Peter the Great
S1 • E6 Feb 5, 1992 27m
An examination of how Peter the Great transformed a little-used territory of Swedish swampland into the bustling City of St. Petersburg, home to the Hermitage Museum. The story of Peter's rule and legacy, the awakening of the Russian imagination, is depicted in detail in reliefs by Rastrelli, and etchings by Alexi Zubov.
