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What city was the capital of Russia under Czar Peter the Great?
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∙ 14y ago
Saint Petersburg although its name was different then!
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How many years did Peter the Great rule Russia for?
Peter I (the Great) and his half-brother Ivan V ruled under the regency of his half-sister Sofiya from 1682 to 1689. When Peter became old enough, Sofiya was packed off to a monastery for her treachery. Peter and Ivan jointly ruled Russia until 1696 when Ivan died of one of the many illnesses he had suffered all of his life. Peter carried on alone and really came into his own. He dragged Russia into the European world and picked up European technology and led Russia to become a world power before his death in 1725. One way or another, Peter I (the Great) ruled Russia from 1682 to 1725 when he died without leaving an heir to the throne.
Who was Peter the Great?
He was a Russian Czar who introduced Western languages and technologies to Russian elite. He moved the capital from Moscow to St. Petersburg
What was the social structure of Russia under Catherine the Great?
Im not sure.
What were the reforms and enlightened changes which both Peter the Great and catherine the Great brought to russia?
Peter faced a Russian army based on cavalry and not the sort of professional armies being formed in Europe.He conquered Azov, then went on a long tour of inspection of western Europe. He went to war against the absolutist king of Sweden (Charles XII)--eventually winning the Great Northern War.He reformed the army and forced the nobility to serve in his bureaucracy.His new (mainly peasant) army numbered 200,000 plus another 100,000 special troops.He created schools to train technicians for his army.Army and government became more efficient and powerful as an interlocking militarycivilian bureaucracy was created and staffed by talented people.Russian peasant life under Peter became more harsh. People replaced land as the primary unit of taxation.Serfs were arbitrarily assigned to work in the factories and mines.Modest territorial expansion took place under Peter, and Russia became a European Great Power. Russia defeated Sweden in 1709 at Poltava to gain control of the Baltic Sea.Peter borrowed many Western ideas.
Under whos leadership did the borders of Russia expanded into Poland and along the Baltic coast?
Catherine the great. <><><><><><><>
Did Moscow continually serve as the Russian Soviet capital city since the rule of peter the great?
No, it didn't. Under Peter the Great's reign Saint-Petersburg became the capital of Russia. Only in 1917 when the regime of czars fell and the Soviet Union was founded, Moscow again became the capital.
Which city became the capital of Russia under the czars?
Under Czarist rule, the capital of Russia was originally Moscow as the Grand Duchy of Muscovy was the dominant force in Russia at the time of the Ivan III, the first ruler to refer to himself as Czar. Then Czar Peter the Great moved the capital to St. Petersburg. Vladimir Lenin later moved it back to Moscow.
Which is an example of absolutism under Russia's Peter the Great?
construction of St. Petersburg
How tall was Peter the Great of Russia?
Just under seven feet tall
How did Russia grow under peter the great and Catherine the great?
Peter I the Great (1672-1725) became the Tsar of Russia after the death of his brpther Tsar Feodor.He brought the church under state control and modernized the administrative.military and judiciary to expand his rule after successive wars.
How many years did Peter the Great rule Russia for?
Peter I (the Great) and his half-brother Ivan V ruled under the regency of his half-sister Sofiya from 1682 to 1689. When Peter became old enough, Sofiya was packed off to a monastery for her treachery. Peter and Ivan jointly ruled Russia until 1696 when Ivan died of one of the many illnesses he had suffered all of his life. Peter carried on alone and really came into his own. He dragged Russia into the European world and picked up European technology and led Russia to become a world power before his death in 1725. One way or another, Peter I (the Great) ruled Russia from 1682 to 1725 when he died without leaving an heir to the throne.
Who was Peter the Great?
He was a Russian Czar who introduced Western languages and technologies to Russian elite. He moved the capital from Moscow to St. Petersburg
What was the social structure of Russia under Catherine the Great?
Im not sure.
What capital of Constantinople?
Constantinople was the capital of the Roman Empire under Emperor Constantine the Great around 330 AD.
Under whose leadership were Russia boundaries expanded to almost what they are at present?
Catherine the great. <><><><><><><>
Where was the formal capital of constantinople?
Constantinople was the capital of the Roman Empire under Emperor Constantine the Great around 330 AD.
What is the former capital of Constantinople?
Constantinople was the capital of the Roman Empire under Emperor Constantine the Great around 330 AD.
