At 2:21, notice the tall guy standing between the dignitaries and the crowds. Now we might think of him as being 6’-6” or higher but back then I wonder if he’s six feet tall?
I was thinking of the kid at 0:57 and the stories he would tell his kids and grandchildren... “Yep, reminds me of when I used to go hunting with the Emperor...”
Peter the Great stood six feet eight inches tall, and that was well before this timeframe.
Hrand suke nicholas nickolavich a WWI Russian General was 6 foot 6 inches. We flatter ourselves that we are bigger and taller and smarter than our ancestors. Nothing has changed except externals like food supply, medicine and shelter.