PeterTheGreat

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__**SUMMARY**__
TABTAB The Tsar of Russia, Peter the Great, helped Russia emerge from its traditional ways. Through out his reign Peter the Great achieved many outstanding strives in modernizing Russia. One of the most prevalent achievements was his trip to Western Europe with the Grand Embassy. After this exgersion he attempted to Westernize Russian thought and life. Another prevalent achievement was his victory of the Great Northern War, and the creation of St. Petersburg. TABTAB One of Peter the Great’s achievements was his mission, the Grand Embassy. This was a diplomatic mission sent to Western Europe in 1697-1698. Russia’s goal of this mission was to strengthen its ties with the Holy League, a group of Russia’s allied countries against the Ottoman Empire. During the mission, Peter acquainted himself with shipbuilding and artillery. He visited shipyards and requited foreign specialists as well. He also made alliances with Poland and Germany, which helped him win the Great Northern War. He also made plans to bring the Baltic Sea within his grasps. But, "it was not Peter's destiny to complete his triumph by breaking through to the Black Sea; that was left for Catherine the Great," from __Peter the Great: Great Lives Observed.__ He traveled to Great Britain for three months, as well as Brandenburg, the Netherlands, and Austria. He would have kept going with the mission, except for the revolt in Moscow that had just taken root. TABTAB Another one of Peter's greatest accomplishments was his victory over Sweden in the Great Northern War, after which he created St. Petersburg. The Great Northern War began in 1700 and ended in 1721. Catalyzed by Peter's desire for a warm water port in Russia, all that stood in the way was Sweden, led by Charles XII. However, on of the first battles, the Battle of Narva, was a failure on Russia's part. It was described as " the Swedish army defeating a Russian army four times its size." in __Peter the great Changes Russia__. Russia, in 1703, exacted their revenge by taking the Gulf of Finland while Swedish armies were busy in Poland. Peter, with the the help of Domenico Tressini, and Jean-Baptiste Alexandre Le Blond, quickly started on his "window to the West." (Peter the Great Changes Russia) After his trip to Western Europe, Peter had been striving to bring Russia up to pace with the other European countries. This was reflected greatly in St. Petersburg. Many of the wide streets, and architecture are attributed to Paris, and Versailles.


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 * * Tried to Westernize Russia || * Absolutist - Tsar || * Acquired a warm water port for Russia ||
 * * Made Boyars cut their beards || * Enlightened Despot || * His poll tax boosted national manufacturing and trade ||
 * * Made Russians wear shorter robes || * Abolished land and household tax - replaced with a capitation or poll tax || * Great mercantilistic spurt during his reign ||
 * * More Western style architecture in St. Petersburg || * First to organize a Russian regular army and navy || * The beginnings of industrialization ||
 * * Created the 3 billion acre Russian Empire || * Subjugated the church to the state || * St. Petersburg was created into a major trading port on the western coast of Russia ||
 * * Also known as the Emperor of All Russia and Great Father, ||  ||   ||

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__**<span style="color: rgb(30, 32, 220);">Works Cited **__
====**~Peter der-Grosse." __commons.wikimedia.org__. 18 Feb. 2009 <[|http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/72/***]Peter_der-Grosse_1838.jpg>.**====

~Raeff, Marc. __Peter the Great: Reformer or Revolutionary?__ . Boston: D.C. Health and Company, 1963.
====**~__Peter the Great Russia__. __commons.wikimedia.org__. 23 Feb. 2009 <http://upload.wikimedia.org/ wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f7/Peter_the_Great_Russia-v1-front.jpg/ 300px-Peter_the_Great_Russia-v1-front.jpg>.**====