On 1 September 1689, Пётр Алексе́евич Рома́нов, Пётр I, Pyotr I –better known in English as Peter the Great –instituted a tax on beards. Peter the Great was born in Moscow on 30 May 1672 and was appointed co-Tsar with his brother in 1682. Because neither boy had reached the age of majority, they ruled […]