Before Russia was ruled by Peter the Great, Russia was much less developed than other countries in Europe. Peter the Great determined that the best way to catch the European powers was to follow the European footstep. He looked for Western technicians and scholars while he simultaneously sent Russians to European schools and vocations so they could one day return as experienced Europeans ready to teach the next generation of Russians. He reformed Russia, turning it into a modernized empire relying on advanced military, efficient government, great education resources and extensive trading with other countries.
Peter the Great aimed to make Russian military power competitive with European military rivals. He believed that a strong navy is a crucial step toward the
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Seeking for help, he met King William III when he traveled to England. King William III of England believed not only was it a great opportunity to increase trade with Russia, but also an opportunity to allow European merchants to travel through Russia to join the eastern luxury trade in silk and spices. Therefore, he gave Peter all the assistance he could. Peter the Great stayed at a house close to the dockyards where he could easily visit ships being built. He was given access to all naval and military bases, including the gun foundry at Woolwich. He was even invited to review the naval fleet at Portsmouth. Furthermore, King William III gave Peter the Great a ship as a gift. The ship, named Royal Transport, was one of the king's most modern ships used to carry important passengers to Holland and back. When he returned to Russia, Peter recruited about 60 specialists in shipbuilding, and a large shipbuilding programme was established. However, Russian at that time had access to only one port in the North Sea at Arkhangelsk, which was frozen up to nine months a year. Access routes to the seas were vital for trade at the time, so Peter was
By the time the Revolutionary War rolled around, Dennis and Dennisport were starting to thrive. Shiverick Shipyard on Sesuit Harbor and countless other smaller operations up and down Bass River were making majestic sailing ships that would traverse the Boston - England route for many years, and many smaller shipyards were making vessels that worked the waters around Cape Cod moving goods or working the fertile fishing grounds. Raw mat...
I believe that there was so much attention given to Peter the Great because of his extensive reforms. Peter brought both social and economic changes to his country. He wanted to make Russia big. Peter transformed the culture; he wanted his people to wear the western European fashion. Many of the people were not thrilled with the change because they did not like the ways of the western European societies. He made his navy stronger, he reformed his army to meet the western standards, and he gained control over the church.
Peter preferred to live comfortably, and didn’t have a need for extravagance as much as Louis XIV did. But that didn’t mean he didn’t think big. Peter’s main goals were to modernize Russia, and to make it a major European power—a force to be reckoned with—and also to gain control of the church. He tried to achieve these in many different ways. One way he attempted to make Russia more powerful was by westernizing the country. He traveled all over Western Europe, learning about the culture, more modern practices and way of ...
Catherine the Great, one of Russia's most notorious leaders, never once struggled to give Russia the edge it so hoped for. She considered herself to be an enlightened leader and attempted to rule in that fashion. Her reforms transformed Russia into a strong nation for their time. She’s remembered as the greatest reformer of Russia, she continued to westernize Russia, widened the borders, and strengthened the education system. Catherine the Great proceeded to finish what Peter the Great started; she made sure that by the end of her reign Russia was westernized.
Peter the Great had many goals during the time he ruled. One of his biggest goals was to modernize and westernize Russia. The main reason Peter the Great modernized Russia was because he did not want the country he ruled to be left vulnerable to expansionist powers in Europe. The powers were constantly at war, fighting to take over each other’...
It was Tzar Nicholas 2 political naivete and extreme obstinance that led to the downfall of the Russia
Much to the rest of the Privy members discontent in case of further angering the Spanish, Dudley encouraged the development of new trade links. In 1552, Northumberland approached the London-based Merchant adventurers and proposed a plan and with an investment from the privy council members progression was made. Trade links were made with Ivan IV, the Tsar of Muscovy which lead in 1555 to the modernisation of dockyards in England and the navel forces. They aimed at finding a northeast passage to China to facilitate further trade and even attempts to further trade with Morocco, although these links were later discouraged by Philip of Spain. This was great for both England’s international trade and prestige. At the same time Northumberland has successful in Scotland when an agreement was reached that established the border at the line of what is once was before Henry VIII’s Scottish campaign. The French Observer claimed ‘He was an intelligent man, who could explain his ideas’. This overall aspect of foreign policy is seen as great success during Edward’s
Peter the Great was trying ultimately to make the Russian Empire more Europeanized or Westernized. He wanted to protect and enhance the vulnerable Russian Empire. Peter the Great saw that other European countries are colonizing in other regions like the New World, Asia, and Africa. Peter saw this as a threat and didn’t want for the Europeans to conquer Russia. Through decrees to shave and provisions on dress, he was trying to make them European. He also wanted to make military and economic reforms that could help the empire itself. If they built factories, they didn’t need to get supplies from Europe.
Prior to his reign, much of the Russia’s military equipment was imported from abroad, with minor supplements by local gunsmiths . As a result, Russia’s armies became dependent on foreign expertise, leading to oftentimes inadequate military supplies, and overall inconsistency of gun imports. In order to combat this reliance and accordingly address the weakness of Russia’s forces, Peter led an armaments revolution at home, drastically increasing domestic production of guns and ammunitions . Whereas prior to this development, Russia relied on her often volatile (and sometimes hostile) neighbors, she could now boast that most military goods were domestically produced by 1710. In addition, Russia now had a military- oriented industrial complex which enabled her to endure prolonged periods of war without fear of weapons embargos. Other advancements that were made by the Russians, during the relatively peaceful period enabled by Charles XII’s focus on Augustus II, were in the field of artillery. Russia had lost nearly all of her cannons, both field artillery and siege mortars, at Narva, effectively crippling her fighting capabilities. It was thus necessary to start from essentially zero, leading to a massive production effort in the foundries. The great alacrity and effective use of time displayed by Peter in this extensive endeavor is demonstrated by his time- table; even before Charles XII had crossed the Dvina river (thereby invading Poland) in July, 1701 , the first cannons had already been delivered . The melting of church bells (a source of already refined metal), the fate of around a quarter, to make cannons also remains indicative of this frenzied undertaking . The enormous enterprises, both the melting of bells and manufacture of weapons, paid off in full, leading to the production of 300 new cannons by the end of 1701 . The
Absolutists during the 16th and 17th centuries were often times focused too heavily on military or other such rather than the people they were ruling. Peter the Great is a good example of this type of ruler because he did great things for Russia like improving the navy; however, Peter the Great did nothing to help the people of Russia, and according to Michael Gibson in document 8, he "failed to create the large, thriving
Peter had taken a dip in numbers from the Cossack revolt, and in 1708 he managed to take action of it, while later in 1708, the Swedish supply column of 11,000 men was defeated by a larger Russian army Only 6,000 troops from the column reached Charles, after having to destroy the desperately needed supplies. This left Charles stranded in Russia for the winter of 1708-9, one of the coldest ever in Europe.
Observing that European technological superiority allowed it to enjoy extraordinary benefits, he adopted many European practices to assert his own dominance and increase Russia’s protection against its adversaries. In doing this, Peter the Great formed himself a lasting legacy. Although Peter the Great originally mimicked Louis XIV in his staunch practice of absolutism, he ultimately surpassed Louis XIV in his goal of supremacy. Peter replaced the previous head of the Orthodox Church, and had both religious and earthly supremacy. Thus, Peter achieved something that Louis could never manage: a control of both church and state. Outside of Russia’s borders, Peter succeeded in his endeavors to a much greater extent than Louis XIV. The Great Northern War against Sweden effectively gave Russia access to a warm water port: Saint Petersburg, where Peter created his own Versailles, the Winter Palace, that fulfilled goals similar to those of Louis. Thus, where Louis fell, Peter
Throughout the past several hundred years, most notably during the Renaissance, Western Europe has transformed into one of the cultural capitals of the world. Cultural development was encouraged and Western Europe became known for artistic achievements that have withstood the test of time. During the 19th century, however, other countries across the globe wished to cultivate a reputation that would be comparable to the ones of France, Italy, Germany, Spain, Great Britain, and other likewise nations. Russian leaders, for example, encouraged the exposure of Western music to the nation (Curtis). In the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, Russia’s greatest composers began to emerge: Pyotr Tchaikovsky, Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, Igor Stravinsky,
Peter the Great, the Russian Czar, inherited his absolutist power from his brother, Ivan V. Born in aristocracy, Peter’s dad was the Czar, and later his brother, and after his brother’s death, him. He was a firm believer in the possible benefits from the control of a single leader to make decisions for the people, and he exercised this divine right to create many renouned institutions. At the beginning of Peter’s reign, Russia was in a poor condition: many rejected modernization from the Renaissance, and large spending from his brother’s reign caused economic droughts. He took advantage of his absolutist power to help ameliorate Russia’s situation and first decided to minimalize power from the other aristocrats. The subduction of the rich allowed
After their defeat in the Crimean war (1853-1856), Russia’s leaders realized they were falling behind much of Europe in terms of modernisation and industrialisation. Alexander II took control of the empire and made the first steps towards radically improving the country’s infrastructure. Transcontinental railways were built and the government strengthened Russia’s economy by promoting industrialisation with the construction of factory complexes throughout...