#OnThisDay Peter the Great Taxes Beards
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OKAY! Today we're venturing to Russia during the time of Peter the Great and his and Peter's anti-beard movement. I'm gonna reference his half sister a couple of times, so you can hear her story here if you need a refresher.
Sources and whatnot referenced in this :
https://shows.acast.com/queenshistorypodcast/episodes/605a372ed90cd2354f494b01
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You probably looked it up since this was like a month ago but I think you were thinking of Frederick.
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I have always heard about the beard tax, but I didn’t know that that Peter the Great was such a bully about it. It sounds like he needed to talk to talk the people about it and implement a tier system before insisting immediate obedience. Very interesting! And, oh yeah, I would love to win the “That History is Bag a Dicks”. So true! History is so patriarchal! What you’re doing is so worthwhile, keep it up!