National Geographic: Icons of Power
Wrath of the Tsar
S1 • E3 Jul 31, 2006
Tsar Peter the Great - the six-foot seven-inch giant who literally reinvented Russia - orders the torture of his greatest antagonist. Only his son, Alexei, dared say no to the reformer Tsar, he fled the country to escape his father's iron will; The Tsar tracked him down, kidnapped him and set about changing his blood, by brute force.