How Did Peter The Great Change

Since the beginning of the 18th century, Russia had been going through a series of changes under the power of Tsar Peter the Great. Anton Chekhov, one of the greatest short fiction writers in all of history, lived in this new found Russia. Education, military, agriculture, and the general economy are just some reasons behind the reforms that were changed dramatically throughout all of Russia. Peter’s main focus was modernizing the country that he ruled. To most of Russia, a simple European culture was strange and different to them, but Peter introduced it to his people, supportive of it or not, and created a more effective and efficient national power. With the expansionist powers in Europe being at war for other nation’s territory, Peter felt it was crucial Russia did not fall behind. Before Peter the Great came into power, Russia’s main focus was on agriculture. They could not receive imports due to complications of their seaports. Russia’s most popular, primary religion was the Russian Orthodox Church, which was …show more content…
The Seagull, Uncle Vanya, The Three Sisters, and the Cherry Orchard were four plays he managed to complete before his death. The Cherry Orchard is actually a script and drama that is a biography of his life. He was hired as a playwright for the Moscow Arts Theatre where he fell in love with one of the lead actresses at the time, Olga Knipper, and later went on to marry her. After being diagnosed with tuberculosis in 1898, he continued to write and finished two plays, his last being his story about his life, The Cherry Orchard. Chekov wrote his final play as a comedy in four acts, although the audience found it more sad than funny. The director of the play changed it so that it would be interpreted as a drama, although it went against the wishes of Chekov, and today is still a controversial debate whether the play is a drama or a