The father of corruption in Russia, Prince Menshikov
Peter the Great always knew Menshikov to be a vile and thieving man. But they had been close since their youth. Peter had caught Menshikov red-handed, pulled his hair, and beaten him with a truncheon on more than one occasion, but he still continued to steal. Menshikov, however, grasped all the Tsar’s wishes on the […]
