MOSCOW — Everyone in the city has an opinion about Moscow’s monument to Peter the Great. It’s pretty hard to ignore: 322 feet of stainless steel, bronze and copper sprouting from its man-made island ...

The staff of the museum reserve told us about the history and interior decoration of the house where the first Russian emperor once lived.

RIGA, Latvia -- The conqueror stands conquered in a parking lot. A bronze czar on a bronze horse, Peter the Great sits impassive and severe in his dominion of Audis, Volkswagens and Zhiguli sedans ...