Peter's immediate successors, Catherine the First, Anna, and Elizabeth, depended on Westerners or Westernized Russians of the male persuasion for guidance.

彼得的直接继承人叶卡捷琳娜一世，安娜和伊丽莎白，依靠西方男性或是西化的俄国男性进行统治。

The inhabitants of the inhospitable deserts of Arabia, the other great nation of shepherds, have never been united but once, under Mahomet and his immediate successors.

在穆罕默德和他的直接继任者的领导下， 另一个伟大的牧羊人国家阿拉伯荒凉沙漠的居民从未团结过一次。