Peter+the+Great+(Russia)

Peter the Great ruled Russia from 1689-1725 during the Romanov dynasty. He ruled Russia as an absolute monarch and solidified his power through a "nation state." He modernized Russia through western influences. In order to reduce noble power, Peter required the boyars to live in St. Petersburg, a palace similar to Versailles under Louis XIV. The boyars had to build nice houses, a plan Peter made for them to waste money so they would not have the resources to rebel against his monarch authority. He built a bureaucracy with secret police to check on bureaucrats, nobles, and boyars ruling under him. Lastly, Peter expanded Russia through wars and a substantial navy, which tripled the size of Russia. After the rule of Peter the Great, Catherine the Great came to power and ruled through the same sytem of an absolute monarchy.



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