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a-a-ra-s-s-s-s-a-s-s-a-s-a-s- Hey Ho again!

Welcome to the Russian rulers podcast. episode 30.

Peter takes on the Turks.

Last week we heard about Sar Peter partying with his friends like there's no tomorrow,

with his all joking, all drunken Synod of fools and gestures.

Then we saw how he turned towards archangel and Russia's only seaport which was north of

the Arctic Circle in the White Sea.

He returned to Moscow only to have his mother Natalia die.

He then goes about practicing for war with 30,000 men. And the war he chooses is with the Turks

at the fortress of Azov.

Now I'd like to pause for a second and respond to a comment made by one of my

listeners which I really appreciate that I tell everyone that Peter was somewhat

autistic with a commonly known form of the disorder known as Asperger's Syndrome.

Now some of you may know that in my other life, the one that earns a living.

I'm involved in medical research and a great deal of it has been spent on neurological disorders such as autism.

I'm really not a very big fan of classifying people as being autistic or schizophrenic or any other neurologic disorder because it tends to color

them as the disorder and not as a unique individual. With Peter I really don't believe that he was autistic because of a number of incidents in his life that clearly affected him neurologically and his innate ability to communicate with people and the reports of his very animated and intelligent

interactions with diplomats when he was young. And this is a very important trade in autism.

I do have a bit of a problem with communications with being able to look at people eye to eye.

Peter had none of that problem.

He was very well known to be quite easy to communicate with and very open now twice in his life

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