Peter the Great

Peter the Great

• Peter the Great expanded Russia 
• Muscovy had been a tributary of the Mongols. 
• Peter the Great pushed back the people stopping Moscow from expanding. 
• He dreamed of conquering Constantinople, which would have given him access to an important body of water.
• The Black Sea was very important to Peter the Great
• Despite Peter's expansion of the Russian Empire did not receive the Black Sea
• The Battle for the Black Sea represented Russia's minimal involvement in affairs. 
• No other European state had been expanding overseas. 
• Peter the Great's expansion of Russia would influence Europe and Asia greatly. 
• Peter the Great opened Russia up to western European ideas
• Peter's rule was from 1682 until his death in 1725
• The Duma 
• Peter was an absolute ruler and his personality influenced how he ruled. 
• Peter the Great was not the poster child for a czar. He married a Latvian woman, and he did not dress in fancy enough clothes. 
• He associated with the common people
• He did not like Moscow, particularly because of its religious power. 
• The Boyars learned Latin and Polish 
• Muscovy had conquered the Voyar Basin 
• Peter the Great wanted to acquire a navy
• He built a navy on rivers with men from different nations
• He learned carpentry and then went to a medical school. 
• He became interested in the scientific revolution
• While building his navy, Peter the made the Boyars Junior partners in absolutism.