That same ruler instituted a beard tax on boyars.
One ruler of this historical country went on a "Grand Embassy" to the west to learn shipbuilding and military training. That same ruler instituted a beard tax on boyars. Another of its rulers created a parliament called the Duma and issued the October Manifesto. Peter the Great and Nicholas II were rulers of, for 10 points, what empire where a 1917 revolution toppled the government in Moscow?
One ruler of this historical country went on a "Grand Embassy" to the west to learn shipbuilding and military training.
{Russian Empire} [do not accept or prompt on "Soviet Union" or "U.S.S.R."]