Members of the guilds purveying for our household must shave their beards and moustaches. But, if it happens that some of them do not wish to shave their beards and moustaches, let a yearly tax be collected from such persons.
— Peter the Great Early Modern

Modernizer of Russia

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Decree on beard shaving and beard tax

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1698

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Strange & Unusual

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