Peter the Great - is the Russian Tsar who ruled Russia from 1689.This outstanding figure famous for the huge number of fundamental reforms.Romanov - the name of Peter the Great.His father's name is Alexis and mother - Natalia Naryshkin.
formal education Peter did not get.As a child, he was largely represented himself.Ros under the supervision of his older brother Theodore A. After the death of the last Ivan was to be heir to the throne, but this did not happen due to his poor health.But as a result of a riot musketeers compromise was the enthronement and Ivan and Peter.Their older sister Sophia Alexeyevna appointed ruler.
During the reign of Peter the sisters participated in the government only formally.Sophia, who carefully watched his brother, was fond of military affairs and has taken some measures to strengthen the government.But in 1682 the supporters of Peter dealt with the basic her fans, and it sent itself to the monastery.Then power on the fact passed into the hands of Peter.But even after that country was ruled largely by his mother Natalia.After her death, the first time the state machine works mainly by inertia.
In 1697 Peter goes abroad lives in Saxony, Holland, Venice, England and Austria.There, he met with success and achievements of these countries in areas such as shipbuilding, machinery, as well as the social and political structure.The news caused a riot musketeers of Peter the Great to return to Russia, where he was brutally suppressed an act of defiance.
During his stay in the other countries had formed its own political program.In the state he saw the common good, which should serve all.In many ways, Peter behaved unconventionally for a monarch.For this reason the majority of the population belonged to him very skeptical.
The system of governance Peter held a number of the most important reforms:
- the subordination of church to state;
- the creation of the board and the Senate;
- the introduction of administrative-territorial division of Russia in the province;
- the creation of St. Petersburg - the new capital of Russia;
- council of ministers instead of the Boyar Duma;
- Russia received the status of the Empire, and the Peter the Great is the first Russian emperor.
Many changes undergone and the economic system.It made a lot of measures for the effective development of trade and industry.A large number of new industrial areas, factories, wharves, shipyards and factories.All that Peter created, given the Western experience.
He also organized the navy and the regular army.Foreign policy was fairly energetic, the emperor spent a lot of military campaigns.As a result, Russia annexed Azov and territories that had previously been conquered by Sweden.
Peter the Great - the great Russian emperor.Thanks to him, were created by the Academy of Sciences and the first Russian newspaper, opened many secular institutions.When it was introduced by the New Year holiday and adopted civil alphabet.Now the memory of the great emperor in Moscow a monument to Peter the Great.
