Peter The Great came to power of the throne at a very young age and his minority

was marked by political dissension. In 1689 at the age of seventeen, he over

through the regency of his half sister Sophia and took control of the state. He was
determend to make Russia a great military power.Peter the great traveled to Holland
and Englend in 1690s to study ship building and to help build his navy. Meanwhile
while he’s out his elitepalace guard {Streltsy} rebelled attemptingto restore Princes
Sophia back to her throne. Peter had heard what was going on in Vienna and
quickly returned home, and had beat the rebellion with striking savagery, about
1,200 conspirators were executed there body’s rotted for months as a reminder of
the fate of any that dares.

Peter was most famous for westernizing Russia by imposing social and cultural
reform on traditional Russian nobility ordering all noblemen to cut their beards. He
published a book on manners that forbad spiting on the floor, eating with your
fingers, encouraging polite conversation between sexes and requiring nobel women
to appear with nobel men. They also had to dress up in western garb banquets and
other public occasions. All children of Russian nobel decent were sent to western
European schools and academies, Peter s goal was to make Russia this great
military power, not a Russian society. A new taxation system startedin1724. Which
assessed taxes on Individuals rather than on households. In this event in this event
it rendered many peasant society. It was made to create more money for war. Table
of ranks imposed 1722 state that noblemen must work their way up the ranks from
lower landlord stations.Peter reversed the traditional Russian nobel society. It valued
landlords by birth rather than merit. After 1649 Russians peasants were legally the
property of their landlords by 1750 half were state peasants who lived on land
owned by tsar and were also could be conscripted to serve as soldiers to tsar army.
All Russians of any rank were thus expected to serve the tsar and all of Russia in
some sense belongs to him.

Peter replaced the Duma which was the rudimentary national assembly which
was a handpicked senate. A group of nine Administrators witch supervised military
and civilians affairs. He also took over Russian orthodox churches and appointing an
Imperial official to run affairs. He fashioned more efficient

The victor s at Nystad were the Prussians and the Russians. Both set up around
Baltic coast and positioned perfectly to take advantage of the eastern European
grain trade with Western Europe. It came with a cost a direct taxation by 500
percent while in his reign. The total amount of army in 1920s war more than
300,000 thousand men. Russia was a force to be recond with but it came with a
price. He wasn’t liked by his nobility. His son named Alexis and was the focus for
conspiracies against his dad. His son was put to death in 1718 seven years later
peter dies. Lot of tsars followed trying to reverse peters great reform 1762 the
crown passed to Catherine the Great.
 Peter the Great earned his name. Ruled for 63 years with an iron fist. He was only
6’8’’ tall peter wasn’t the only tsar to bring his country into contact with western
Europe.
administration to cope with new demands. He recruited nobels and non- nobels, but
rank did not depend on birth rights. Peters goal was to secure year round ports for
Russia on the black sea and Baltic sea . His enemy the Ottomas witch was on the
Black sea. He captured the AZOV in 1696 but had to give it back in 1711. In 1700
peter stared a war a war with sweeden witch would last for 21 years long. Hithero
was the dominate power on the Baltic sea. Around 1709 Russian armies click up
with Prussia and defeat the Swedes at the battle of Poltava. Know groups of serfs
are ordered to construct new buildings. The great northern war ended in1721,
peace was stricken in Nystad .this marks a re-alignment of power in the Eastern
Europe,compared the treaty of Utrecht in the west.