Peter the Great bust unveiled in French academy of sciences

The statue of Russian czar Peter the Great is unveiled by the permanent secretary of the Academy of Sciences Helene Carrere d’Encausse, left, Russian ambassador to France Alexander Orlov, center, and French physicist Catherine Brechignac at the Academy of Sciences in Paris, Thursday, Oct. 5, 2017. Russia donates a statue of Peter the Great to the French Academy of Sciences to mark 300 years since the Russian czar visited Paris in a pivotal moment in Russia’s opening to the west. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)