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There was a "Beard Tax" in Russia during Peter the Great's reign, paid by anyone who had a beard

Peter the Great is usually credited with transforming the Russian Tsardom into the major European power that was the Russian Empire, circa early 18th

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There was a “Beard Tax” in Russia during Peter the Great’s reign, paid by anyone who had a beard. Peter the Great 1838

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There was a “Beard Tax” in Russia during Peter the Great’s reign, paid by anyone who had a beard. Peter the Great 1838

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