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Jul 6, 2018 · At the same time, Peter built Russia’s first real navy, updated the army and won a series of military victories. On land conquered from Sweden, his main antagonist, he established the city of St ...
Peter I, also known as Peter the Great (Russian: Пётр I Алексеевич or Pyotr I Alekseyevich) (Peter Alexeyevich Romanov), June 9, 1672 – February 8, 1725, ruled Russia from May 7, 1682 until his death, although before 1696 he ruled jointly with his weak and sickly half-brother Ivan V. Peter carried out a policy of "Westernization" and expansion that transformed Muscovite Russia ...
Jul 14, 2024 · Peter I - Tsar, Reforms, Russia: In the course of Peter’s reign, medieval and obsolescent forms of government gave place to effective autocracy. In 1711 he abolished the boyarskaya duma, or boyar council, and established by decree the Senate as the supreme organ of state—to coordinate the action of the various central and local organs, to supervise the collection and expenditure of revenue ...
Peter I of Russia (Peter the Great) was the Tsar of Russia from 1682-1721 and Emperor of Russia from 1721-1725. During his long reign, Peter had absolute power and brought real change to Russia, including building its first navy, introducing industrialisation, establishing educational institutions and creating the new Russian capital, St ...
Peter I, tsar of Russia who reigned jointly with his half-brother Ivan V (1682–96) and alone thereafter (1696–1725) and who in 1721 was proclaimed emperor. He was one of Russia’s greatest statesmen, organizers, and reformers and made his country a world power. Learn more about Peter’s life and reign.
Peter I - Tsar, Nobility, Reforms: Peter’s internal policy served to protect the interest of Russia’s ruling class—the landowners and the nascent bourgeoisie. The material position of the landed nobility was strengthened considerably under Peter. Almost 100,000 acres of land and 175,000 serfs were allotted to it in the first half of the reign alone. Moreover, a decree of 1714 that ...
Jun 17, 2024 · Peter the Great’s role in all of this is also worthy of comment. The first emperor has been somewhat in vogue in Russia in recent years. For a historian this is a curious development as, on one ...
