Peter de Grote (1672 - 1725)

The Russian Tsar Peter the Great disguised himself as a laborer to learn shipbuilding in the Low Countries. He believed that shipping and trade could help impoverished Russia break its isolation. In 1697, Arnout met him at the shipyard in Zaandam. In 1717, he spoke with the now all-powerful Peter the Great again. In 2025, Arnout visited the Tsar Peter House in Zaandam with curator Farida Guseynova, spoke with Alexander de Vos about shipbuilding at the time, and visited a replica of the first frigate Peter the Great ever built. Finally, Arnout spoke with Prime Minister Bart De Wever and the very last descendants of the Tsar.

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Marlene Dietrich (1901 - 1992)

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