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๐ท๐บ #OTD in 1673, Alexander #Menshikov, Russian statesman during the reign of Peter the Great, was born. โ๏ธ Of humble origins, he rose quickly through the ranks to #SaintPetersburg's first governor & the most powerful official in the empire, encapsulating the then great era. https://t.co/qPylVJuaUj — PolitiTweet.org