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Peter the Great believed that and would transform his country from an uncompetitive pseudo-European entity to a great power modeled on the Western European formula?
Peter the Great believed that education and trade (modeled on the Western European formula) would transform his country.
Was Peter the Great a Czar of Russia?
Peter the Great was the Russian czar who transformed Russia from an isolated agricultural society into an Empire on a par with European powers.
What aspects of Russian society did Peter the great not seek to westernize?
He had spent many years in European cities and you can see that influence in his city of Petersburg. Unlike Moscow the city is colorful, urban, and feels European. He also learned how to be a sailor and began the Russian navy and transformed Russia into a power from an backwater farming nation.
What do Peter the Great have in common with louis XIV?
Peter the gret was a famous Russian czar who restored russia to a very large, prosperous nation. Louis XIV was a famous french monarch to lead France to becoming the most prominent European power.
What was named after Peter the Great?
There were 3 emperors of Russia that were named Peter. He was the son of Czar Alexei and was born in Moscow. His father died in 1676 leaving the throne to his eldest son Feodor who died in 1682 naming Peter as his successor. Peter was a tall thin man and he was eager to take Russia from the backward nation to the modern nation of his time. He built St. Petersburg ( I was there last summer and it was a beautiful city), started the Russian navy, and built a palace called Peterhof . He did a great deal, but to describe it all here would take too long. There is a lot of books on him if you are interested.
What culture did Peter the Great admire greatly?
Western Europe
Peter the Great believed that and would transform his country from an uncompetitive pseudo-European entity to a great power modeled on the Western European formula?
Peter the Great believed that education and trade (modeled on the Western European formula) would transform his country.
Ivan the terrible and peter the great rulers of what nation?
russia
How did Peter the Great go about centralizing power within his nation?
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Was Peter the Great a Czar of Russia?
Peter the Great was the Russian czar who transformed Russia from an isolated agricultural society into an Empire on a par with European powers.
Who was the philosopher who believed that a powerful king should rule a nation?
Thomas Hobbes believed in the concept of an absolute monarchy with a powerful king to maintain order and prevent chaos within a nation. In his work "Leviathan," he argued that a strong central authority was necessary to prevent a state of nature where life would be "solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short."
Russia's czar that made Russia a major European power?
Peter the Great
Who was was responsible for consolidating Russia's gains in the early 1700s and in making a European-style state out of the loosely knit country?
Peter the Great was responsible for consolidating Russia's gains in the early 1700's. He introduced ideas from western Europe to reform his government.
Czar of Russia 1682-1725 who made Russia a major European power for the first time?
Almost certainly it was Peter the Great; he was the first great westward-looking tsar, defeated the Swedes (a fairly major power at the time led by a military genius of sorts) on the shore of the Baltic and founded St. Petersburg as his European capital.
What Czar built St Petersburg and endorsed Western European customs?
Peter the Great (died in 1725).
What aspects of Russian society did Peter the great not seek to westernize?
He had spent many years in European cities and you can see that influence in his city of Petersburg. Unlike Moscow the city is colorful, urban, and feels European. He also learned how to be a sailor and began the Russian navy and transformed Russia into a power from an backwater farming nation.
What do Peter the Great have in common with louis XIV?
Peter the gret was a famous Russian czar who restored russia to a very large, prosperous nation. Louis XIV was a famous french monarch to lead France to becoming the most prominent European power.
