At the Beginning of Glorious Days

At the Beginning of Glorious Days (Russian: В начале славных дел, romanized: V nachale slavnykh del) is the second part of a two-part film that started with The Youth of Peter the Great.

Both parts were released in the Soviet Union in 1980 and are based on a novel, Peter I, written by Aleksey Tolstoy.

[2] In late 17th-century Russia, Czar Peter the Great orders an attack on Turkey, which refuses to pay taxes to the Russian government.

The Russian military is equipped with outdated technology, and they suffer their first defeat.

After the defeat the czar orders the building of a fleet, and sends many educated men to study in Germany, France, and Holland.