The Far East has been fortified—we’re waiting for the Manchus’ attack. A great embassy has been organized, even if not with Peter at its head, but with me. We’ll show ourselves and take a look at others as well. But strengthening a state is never without consequences. The Swedes are on alert.
The Ottoman Empire is losing to the Europeans, yet it keeps casting a hostile glance toward Russia.
As I remain the tsar’s tutor, I try to put some sense into the wild head of Pyotr Alekseevich—but… the king’s temper is something else…
And as for the Russian lands once occupied by the Swedes during a moment of Russia’s weakness—don’t they want to return to their native harbor? Icy war is inevitable.