Peter The Great Accomplishments
In 1629, a young and determined prince named Peter Alexeyevich Romanov took the crown of Russia. However, Peter inherited a state where the real power was held by a large group of traditional landowning elite, known as the boyard nobility. After a weak rule by Michael Romanov and his son, who was backed up by the nobility, the traditional Russian service system was breaking down, as the nobility attempted to avoid duty in the army. As a result, the whole country was in decay and the army in tatters. Peter the Great, however, decided to reverse the trend and decided to consolidate what little power was given to him by his weak predecessors. In an attempt to make Russia a great Baltic power, Peter the Great would permanently change the Russian military and the social structure of his country
The greatest and most remembered accomplishment of Peter's reign was his military reforms. Peter was a tsar know for his towering stature and dynamic personality. In fact, he put all his energy into making Russia a great military power and winning international prestige for his country. After learning from early mistake against …show more content…
His increasing need for resources caused him to suppress the peasants more and more under his reign. Not only were the peasants affected, but also the middle-class and the nobility, which lost most of their power under the growing absolutism of Peter the Great. In another words, Peter controlled the nobility with the army, the peasantry with the whip. Peasants fared the worst under Peter's reign though. Their taxes increased threefold under Peter's reign to pay for a growing military expenditure and almost had to work six days without pay. Serfs were arbitrarily assigned to work in factories in towns, breaking up the central Russian unit of the family. Like Louis the XIV of France by crushing the power of the nobility, and reducing peasants to serfs, Peter was able to make his government powerful and
The greatest and most remembered accomplishment of Peter's reign was his military reforms. Peter was a tsar know for his towering stature and dynamic personality. In fact, he put all his energy into making Russia a great military power and winning international prestige for his country. After learning from early mistake against …show more content…
His increasing need for resources caused him to suppress the peasants more and more under his reign. Not only were the peasants affected, but also the middle-class and the nobility, which lost most of their power under the growing absolutism of Peter the Great. In another words, Peter controlled the nobility with the army, the peasantry with the whip. Peasants fared the worst under Peter's reign though. Their taxes increased threefold under Peter's reign to pay for a growing military expenditure and almost had to work six days without pay. Serfs were arbitrarily assigned to work in factories in towns, breaking up the central Russian unit of the family. Like Louis the XIV of France by crushing the power of the nobility, and reducing peasants to serfs, Peter was able to make his government powerful and