peter iii

PEOPLE

Alexei Petrovich never got along with his father, Tsar Peter the Great—but that doesn't mean he deserved the dark end he suffered at his father's hand.

PEOPLE

Peter III has long been overshadowed by his wife, Catherine the Great—but the details of his jaw-dropping life and tragic death are just as juicy.



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