Tsar Peter I (the Great) conceived and built St.Petersburg, thumbing his nose at the Swedes, and moved his capital there when St.Petersburg was finished in 1712. His motive was to present a worthy and impressive city to the world. He named it for his patron saint, St.Peter, it was not a mark of vanity on his part.

The goal of Peter the Great was to transform Russia into a more modern state. He wanted to bring Russia out of the dark age and into a more modern age.

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.

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.

Peter the Great had enemies, one of whom was Charles XII of Sweden. He had the most powerful standing army in Europe. Peter wanted an entrance to the Baltic Sea since he had built ships for a war against the Ottoman Empire and entrance to the Black Sea. He could get no support for this on his first trip to Europe. On the trip back was persuaded a three pronged attack from Poland, Denmark and Russia would get him his port. Charles's army had defeated a much larger Russian army of Peter the Great's but were lured into Russia, did not get support they had counted on, had their supply lines from Sweden cut and then lost all at Poltava. He also fought Turkey and was almost taken captive to get a port again.

Peter the Great had more enemies at home than friends and kept them in check by using plain old terror. All the aristocratic families were torn between being his friend and getting power for them selves. He had friends therefore among them Jacob Dolgorusky and enemies like his cousin Vassily Dolgorusky who was exiled but had done him great services. The Golitzines were the same, Boris was his great friend and Vassily lover of his worst enemy . He had enemies among the generals like Sheremetov who also had won great victories for him, and as long as he lived would be faithful but supported his son Alexei. Families and individuals were torn because he was destroying old mores.

He also made enemies with the clergy since on the death of Patriarch Adrian after ten years of being head of the Orthodox Church in Russia he did not appoint a new head but made the church operate as a division of the State. He did not dare take on the church directly but held the Drunken Synod which had Catholic faux officials instead. He melted the church bells down when he needed more copper for cannons.

Peter the Great fought the terks to gain the baltic states! He did this to westernize Russia!

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He wanted Russia to be the most wonderful and modern country in the world, but most of all he wanted to pull it out of the archaic poverty and ignorance that engulfed most of the Russias. He succeded by building Shipbuilding yards and proper grain growing that he himself learned by going to other countries.

In New Zealand, the Great Depression began in 1929, and deepened significantly in 1932. It lasted until the late 30s, when WW2 started, and the work required for that relieved the depression.

modernized and expanded Russia

Built city of St. Petersburg

westernized Russia

Both were Russian Tsars, members of the house of Romanov, and both bear the title "the Great",

He allowed nobles to advance in the government only if they were loyal to him.

Russia adopted Orhtodox Christianity in 990 AD from Byzantium because this was the most powerful political ally Russian princes could get at the time. However, in 1054, the great schism occured between the Orthodox chruch and the Roman Catholic church (this isolated Russia from much of the western world). The Mongols also invaded, and caused Russia to be driven apart from Europe. and by 1453 the fall of constantinople meant that the Orthodox religion had somewhat collapsed.

Peter the Great ruled the Russian empire 1682-1725 and was known as Russia's great modernizer. The Boyars were noblemen, members of the elite; wealthy land owners with civil and military power. They were known for their long beards which they wore proudly and with distinction. Peter stripped the Boyars of their nobility and power. He also stripped them of their traditional beards and long sleeves by ordering that they either shave them off, or else, pay a hefty beard tax. Under Tsar Peter's reign, no longer were the Boyars allowed to work for personal interest; the advancement of Russia now became the top priority.

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Peter the Great feared many things. He was deathly afraid of bugs. He also couldn't talk to women face to face. He would either cover his eyes or turn around and talk. There is also a rumor going around that he was afraid of salad with vinegar. I'm not so sure how true that is but it is a fear.

Peter the Great's new Capital was a city on the Baltic Sea, renamed St Petersburg. Russia's "window to the West". :D

Peter I (the Great) brought a lot of change to Russia. He wanted to westernize his country and make it more modern. He spent time traveling around Europe, observing what other countries were doing differently. Here are a few examples of the things he changed:

He made all the men shave their beards. Otherwise, they had to pay tax for having a beard!

He made everyone wear western clothes and hold western-style parties.

He gained control of the Russian church.

He established schools in Moscow.

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Outwardly, yes and then mostly where the upper classes of society were concerned. New buildings were built in the Western style, Court and nobles dressed like their Western counterparts and started to talk French; and their wives came out of the womens' quarters where they had been virtually locked up until then. Also, Russia adopted several 'Western' techniques, especially where the army and navy were concerned. Other things remained much the same: the ancient feudal structure with its many millions of serfs and much of the fatalistic ( and some would say 'serf') mentality that persists in Russia even to this day.