Three hundred years ago, the Russian Czar Peter the Great came here and built a new capital-St Petersburg.

三百年前，俄国沙皇彼得大帝来到这里建起新都—圣彼得堡。

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But the fact that Peter was a czar and was rather scary in his temperament, because he had a rather bad temper, too, meant that he could be alarming.

而彼得大帝是沙皇，加上发起怒来十分可怕，因为他暴躁易怒，人们畏惧他。

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Peter is the first Czar to go to sea. On this day, he has charted a new course for Russia.

彼得是第一位出海的沙皇，就在那天，他为俄国规划了一条新的道路。

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Peter the Great had an enormous ambivalence about his role and his image as a czar.

即彼得大帝的一言一行,很不符合沙皇的身份

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But after one of Peter's victories, the Russian ambassador in Vienna reported that the news of Peter's victory, people began to fear the czar as they formerly feared Sweden.

但在彼得的一场大胜后,俄国驻维也纳大使,报告了彼得取胜的消息,人们开始惧怕沙皇,就如同他们先前惧怕瑞典一样

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But the fact that Peter was a czar and was rather scary in his temperament, because he had a rather bad temper, too, meant that he could be alarming.

而彼得大帝是沙皇,加上发起怒来十分可怕,因为他暴躁易怒,人们畏惧他

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