Peter I of Russia

Anhalt-Zerbst was a German- born princess. At the beginning of her reign, she overthrew her husband Peter after he began cheating on her. Now without Peter she accomplished several things for Russia and was a principal leader of the Russian Royal Family. Being born German and ruled Russian Catherine the Great is a significant person in history from building hospitals to expanding the country of Russia, she is a true queen. Sophie Friederike Auguste was a German-born princess. Her full German…

In 1682 Peter I of Russia would ascend to the throne of Russia and over the course of his tenure in office execute a series of reforms, that would drastically change the administrative State that had previously existed throughout the empire. In 1855 a distant heir, Alexander II would ascend to the throne and in the footsteps of his predecessor, and in a similar manner, execute similar reforms. Both propelled using European models, both the reforms of Peter and those of Alexander sought to…

Peter the Great’s absolutist rule can be described as energetic and ruthless. As he visited Western Europe’s early power, he began to model the Russian Empire similar to the Western technology, military reforms, and political aspects. The absolutist rule of Prussia and Austria differed between scenarios; starting in Austria and its absolutist rule between Maria Teresa and in Prussia and Frederick II of forms of the government. All-though there are many differences between the absolutism under…

Peter the great ruled the Russian Empire from May 7, 1682 up until his death. Peter was one of the greatest Emperors that ever ruled, he accomplished so much for Russia. Everything he did for his country was extremely important and the reason why he earned the title Peter The Great, He is the most influential person that ever lived. He brought Russia into mainstream western civilization, and decided that all of the children of the nobility should have some early education. Peter was heavily…

Peter the Great seemed to be an excellent dictator with an ambition to advance his nation. He was not afraid to pay a heavy price, including the division between the westernized elite and the peasant masses, to transform Russia into a major modern power. Peter’s reforms undeniably have some positive impacts that deserve an appreciation. Meanwhile, I do not believe that some of Peter’s methods to modernize his people, such as through their appearance and clothing, were necessary or even useful.…

Peter III ruled Russia for six months in 1762 until he was sent to prison where he ended up dying. Throughout his rule, Peter III did not maintain his military or government and as a result, a group of his people formed a coup against him. Catherine the Great took the opportunity to exploit the movement against her husband for her own benefit. She gained the people’s support and began calling herself the sovereign ruler of Russia. She later arrested her husband…

nobility, Princess Sophie Auguste Friederike von Anhalt- Zerbst became the portrait of Russian enlightenment and subsequently immortalized in Russian history as Catherine the Great. Following a coup and the murder of her husband Peter III, Catherine reigned as empress of Russia from 1762 to 1796. Her reign was simultaneously supported by the enlightenment era whose ideas began to spread throughout Europe. Supported by philosophes like John Locke, Montesquieu and Voltaire, the enlightenment era…

Austria-Hungary, and so on and so forth) and the East (Russia and its sphere of influence in Eastern and Central Europe). The central point of this Eastern Question was contention over the influence and degree of control these opposing powers would have over the slowly dying Ottoman Empire. Additionally, the Eastern Question dealt with the issues of colonialism - as Western Europe spread to dominate the Americas, Africa, and parts of Asia, Russia felt pressured to expand as well, to keep up with…

Russia Have you ever stopped and really thought about Russia? Have you thought about how big Russia is, the problems they have, the treaties they have signed, or even the wars they have fought? They have a quite interesting history with other nations. Although Russia in not part of NATO, North Atlantic Treaty Organization, they still seem to help out countries in need. Russia was founded in the 12th century. Russia was named the Russian Empire under the control of Peter I, who ruled in…

to grasp the entire complexity of the issue and would lack comprehensiveness. Therefore, it can be argued that the intellectual and cultural context appeared to be one of the main reasons preconditioning the progressive direction in the reign of Peter I and Ekaterina…