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Yet, Russia remained shut out of the fertile lands directly to the south, modern day Ukraine, but then a part of the Ottoman Empire.
盡管如此，俄羅斯還是無法觸及南部也就是現在烏克蘭的富饒土地，后來有一些被奧斯曼帝國掠奪去了
Peter had made a promising start;
彼得為后世開了一個好頭
he built Russia's first navy to capture Azov from the Turks in 1696, but in 1711, excited by his triumph over Sweden,
他建造了俄國第一支海軍，并于1696年成功占領亞述海，但是1711年，還沉浸在大勝瑞典的喜悅中
he sent his veterans south to capture the Ottoman owned parts of the rest of the Ukraine.
他派遣退役軍人南下去占領奧斯曼帝國，擁有的烏克蘭地區
Unfortunately for Peter, the Turks played the old Russian trick against them.
不幸的是，土耳其人用俄羅斯人的老花樣對付他們
The Turks retreated until the Russian supply line became so long that they couldn't supply themselves and then the Turks attacked!
土耳其人一直撤退，直到俄國的戰線拉得太長，無法供給，然后土耳其就發動了進攻
To make peace, Peter had to give back all of the lands he had conquered in the Azov War.
為了和平，彼得只好把在亞述海戰爭中贏得的所有領土都歸還
To the south, Russia was left at square one.
南部的征戰俄羅斯只是剛剛起步
Though Peter had been in ill health for some time before his death, he still neglected to designate a successor.
雖然彼得在去世前病了好一段時間，但是他最終還是沒有選擇合適的繼承人
Like Marcus Aurelius, Constantine, and Ivan the Terrible, he left behind a big mess after he died.
像馬克·奧勒留，康斯坦丁和伊凡雷帝一樣，他死后留下了一堆爛攤子
Peter's guard's regiment proclaimed Peter's second wife, Catherine, as their Empress.
彼得的護衛軍團宣布，彼得的第二任妻子，葉卡捷琳娜成為女皇
The actual government was run by Catherine's cronies until she died in 1727.
但是實際的政府是由葉卡捷琳娜的親信掌管，直到她1727年去世
