Peter the Great of Russia Peter the Great, starting his reign over Russia at a young age, almost single handedly moved Russia from a medieval, isolated culture to a major European power. He developed a modern military and, created a navy that the world feared. Peter was able to move his country towards a European culture . But much of his reforms were against the tradition of the Russian people. They did not want to be like Europe. They viewed Europeans as possible threats and a danger to the traditional Russian Orthodox faith. Even so, Peter the Great pushed Russia into the European way’s. Peter also constructed cities and his factories with the peasant's near to nothing pay for extreme labor. Future rulers of Russian leaders continued to
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Pyotr Mikhaylov. He was learning about the conditions, and advanced countries in the west. He devoted 4 months on studying ship building, worked on boats in the Royal Navy's dockyard, and even attended a session of Parliament. Upon Peter’s return, he sent nobles to study abroad about ship building and how to properly navigate and construct ships. With the highly educated nobles, they sought out to create the upcoming world's strongest Navy. Doing so, they succeeded and were considered one of the strongest navy’s known at the time. Some years later, Russia engaged in a war and he went to go battle on the front lines with his soldiers. With his absence, he needed to have someone, or a group of people to help sustain the country while he was gone. Peters solution was the senate. The senate’s main job was to ensure that government was running properly and was staying intact. In 1717, he also created the Colleges of War, Admiralty, and Foreign Affairs. Those departments of government consumed the bulk of the state revenues. Doing so, these departments of government significantly strengthened how the government operated, and how efficiently the government was ran. Later on In 1772 the Table of Ranks was created and it outlined the Service of the army and navy officers, government, and court officials. All of these were needed to ensure the stability of their newly gained territories, such as now day St.
Pyotr Mikhaylov. He was learning about the conditions, and advanced countries in the west. He devoted 4 months on studying ship building, worked on boats in the Royal Navy's dockyard, and even attended a session of Parliament. Upon Peter’s return, he sent nobles to study abroad about ship building and how to properly navigate and construct ships. With the highly educated nobles, they sought out to create the upcoming world's strongest Navy. Doing so, they succeeded and were considered one of the strongest navy’s known at the time. Some years later, Russia engaged in a war and he went to go battle on the front lines with his soldiers. With his absence, he needed to have someone, or a group of people to help sustain the country while he was gone. Peters solution was the senate. The senate’s main job was to ensure that government was running properly and was staying intact. In 1717, he also created the Colleges of War, Admiralty, and Foreign Affairs. Those departments of government consumed the bulk of the state revenues. Doing so, these departments of government significantly strengthened how the government operated, and how efficiently the government was ran. Later on In 1772 the Table of Ranks was created and it outlined the Service of the army and navy officers, government, and court officials. All of these were needed to ensure the stability of their newly gained territories, such as now day St.