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Peter the Great Made Noblewomen Sign Before Marriage
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Peter the Great Made Noblewomen Sign Before Marriage

A Russian noblewoman flunked a literacy exam ordered by Peter the Great in 1717—and the fallout reshaped the entire Russian Empire for a century.

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