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Tsar learnt his craft as a shipbuilder in Deptford

The old Deptford Power Station at the entrance to Deptford Creek, taken from Greenwich Pier. Opened in the late 1920s it was decommissioned in 1983 and finally demolished nine years later. Now the site of riverside flats. For what it looks like now see Image

Tsar Peter I of Russia, also known as 'Peter the Great', travelled as a young man to Europe in 1697-98 to study new developments in technology, especially shipbuilding. He lived near the Royal Dockyard in Deptford, at the home of the writer John Evelyn, for much of his four-month stay in England. During their stay Peter and his party caused a great deal of damage, and Evelyn was extremely unhappy. His estate steward reported that they had wrecked the house and garden. Carpets were left filthy with grease and ink, and many paintings looked as if they had been used for shooting targets. Locks and windows were broken, and every one of the fifty chairs in the house had vanished, probably burned on fires! Evelyn was appalled by damage to his prized holly hedges. Peter and his friends had played a game which involved pushing each other through the hedges in wheelbarrows. This statue was erected in 2001 to commemorate the Tsar's visit. The smaller figure is a dwarf-cum-jester.

Tsar Peter I of Russia, also known as 'Peter the Great', travelled as a young man to Europe in 1697-98 to study new developments in technology, especially shipbuilding. He lived near the Royal Dockyard in Deptford, at the home of the writer John Evelyn, for much of his four-month stay in England. During their stay Peter and his party caused a great deal of damage, and Evelyn was extremely unhappy. His estate steward reported that they had wrecked the house and garden. Carpets were left filthy with grease and ink, and many paintings looked as if they had been used for shooting targets. Locks and windows were broken, and every one of the fifty chairs in the house had vanished, probably burned on fires! Evelyn was appalled by damage to his prized holly hedges. Peter and his friends had played a game which involved pushing each other through the hedges in wheelbarrows. This statue was erected in 2001 to commemorate the Tsar's visit. The smaller figure is a dwarf-cum-jester.

Modern riverside flats occupy the site of the former Deptford Power Station, demolished in 1992. To see the former view from Greenwich Pier see Image

My faithful companion sits on the throne (part of Image). In the background is Greenfell Mansions.

Peter the Great's Statue on Millennium Quay Deptford unveiled 2001. The statue, which commemorates Tsar Peter's visit to Deptford in 1698, was unveiled by Prince Michael of Kent who is Patron of the Peter the Great Educational Trust which offers opportunities to young people in deprived areas.

An unusual statue, which has the appearance of something from a Disney park, of Peter the Great who spent four months in England in 1698. The statue is situated beside the River Thames near the confluence of the Ravensbourne River near Greenwich.