stackyFACTSNot content with simply ordering deaths from the comfort of his throne room, Peter the Great occasionally stepped in to swing the axe himself. He viewed it as a hands-on management style, treating the gruesome beheading of treasonous subjects like a fun, deeply unsettling weekend hobby.
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