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Katherine Moir Ms. McDugall AP World History 3 June 2016 Was Peter Truly Great? Peter the Great of late seventeenth and early eighteenth century Russia was a highly controversial leader. On the one hand, he achieved his ultimate goal of making Russia a great European power, however on the other hand he took a path of violence and oppression to get there (“Czap”). Peter the Great was truly a great leader because he modernized by building up the military, integrated Russia into the global economy, and formed a unique Russian identity. His important reforms restructured and strengthened Russia, enabling it to become a powerful state under the influence of Peter the Great. Peter had always been a strong-willed young man, anticipating a great Russian state with a forceful military (“Peter I”). He inherited the throne along with the opposition of the Streltsy, Russian guardsmen. He envisioned an absolutist, modern Russia, flattening the outdated ways of traditional society (“Peter the Great (1898), Part 1”). Russia had originally been a kind of archaic tsardom, with centuries-old forms of government, military, economy, and education. Undoubtedly, Peter’s intentions to reform Russia as a whole sparked resistance from Russian traditionalists and the established military. Naturally, they were upset that Peter wanted to take away their preexisting power in society. However, these reforms were necessary for Russia to continue to exist and prosper. First, Peter the Great built up the…

This quote, “It is my great desire to reform my subjects, and yet I am ashamed to confess that I am unable to reform myself,” from Peter the Great, shows the sophistication he possessed, and also reflects the attention that he gave to Russia in order to reform it into a better society. Obviously, since he was called Peter “the Great,” he must have influenced history. This is shown through the fact that he was mainly successful in completely overhauling Russia and its economy, government, and…

Peter the Great’s Biography Peter the Great was born on June 9, 1672 in Moscow, Russia, and died on February 8, 1725. Peter the Great’s reign, was the turning point for Russia, and his rule is what sent Russia toward the promise of becoming one of the world’s superpowers during the Cold War. Peter the Great ruled jointly with his “elder half-brother Ivan” until his death in 1696 (Hughes). Peter the Great was named the Great for a reason; his legacy was a “program of extensive reform known as…

Since the end of the colonial age, European and American customs, practices, political ideas, and cuisines have steadily drifted apart. While largely similar, it is the proverbial devil in the details that marks the subtle but profound differences between both. While one could fill several text books with these subtle difference, not the least reason for which there are so many European countries, this essay will delineate a lesser debated difference. That difference being the working habits and…

The Baron’s Cloak, by Willard Sunderland, focuses on the life story of Baron von Ungern- Sternberg, a Russian military officer. His life gives historical details of what the Russian borderlands were like because he was born in the borderlands, then spent much of his career in the borderlands and would eventually be executed after being captured in the borderlands. He fought on three major fronts like Poland, Lithuanian, and Romania; and against the Austria Hungarians, even though we has not born…

The beautiful country of Latvia is home to many exquisite landscapes, scenery, and people. The rich culture of Latvia is very important to many people’s lives and family history. There are many different and alluring facts about the culture of Latvia. The Letts, or Latvians, are very diverse in beliefs, foods, fashion, and many other things compared to people here in America. Latvia is a homeland to many people here in America including to my family and me. Latvia is a very charming and…

Customer Care Department in Latvia launch a new Buddy system Latvia is the 8th country in line to launch the system Customer Care Department in Latvia launched the new Buddy system in the beginning of October to help the new employees to adapt to the new workplace and develop necessary knowledge to fulfil their work duties. During the program 4finance Latvia Buddies work together with the newcomers in the following areas: - Go through the main information systems such as COLA, DeCo, AlfaVox,…

were both among the people who had to escape from their homeland Latvia during WW II. I would like to relate some of their story and particularly tell you about my dad. This is the beginning of the journey. One of the most difficult things to do is to translate a poem from one language to another because it is the poet who instills life into his poetry and the translated word must express the feelings and the emotions of the poet. Raisters dedicated most of his life to the poetic word.…

contacts which are quite productive in development of the existing business. 4) Expert training and consulting : The Working day company is able to provide the expert training and the consulting services because of the existing professional experience 5) Leader in domestic market: the company has been able to establish itself as the market leader in the domestic market that is Latvia. 6) Maintenance of professional skills and its improvement and upgrade: The company is able to…

The topics of the three researches focus on language politicizing, Baltics nations struggle with language identity is major theme, which runs through the readings. The conflict is attributed to political, social and cultural reasons. Kangro & James focused on their research on the inevitable changes, which occurred in Latvia and influenced thee Latvian system. The authors elaborated on the research through identifying the development stages. The stages featured the adoption of the education…