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  1. Research Guides: Peter the Great: Primary and Secondary Resources at

    Andrei Nartov (1737-1813) was a Russian scientist and wood turner who became a close friend of Peter the Great, working with him to research and develop new technological innovations in turnery and other fields. This is a collection of anecdotes about Peter the Great which Nartov compiled, although some speculate Nartov's son is the true compiler.

  2. The Great: Trauma, Modeling, and

    Univ. Press, 1989), xix, xxv, 94. Towards a Psychohistory of Peter the Great: Trauma, Modeling and Coping in Peter's Personality 25. to Peter seems puzzling at first glance, for Peter - though exposed during the first ten years of life to Western toys and gadgets'3 - possessed far less a back.

  3. Research Guides: Peter the Great: Primary and Secondary Resources at

    Peter the Great (1672-1725), born Petr Alekseevich Romanov, was Tsar, later Emperor, of Russia from 1682 until his death in 1725, co-reigning with his half-brother, Ivan V, from 1682 to 1696. Peter the Great's influence on Russian society and culture cannot be overstated.

  4. PDF Peter the Great

    Union—Peter in his Europeanising of Russia did not hesitate to use " barbarous means of struggle against barbarism." As a typical example of the present attitude to Peter among Soviet historians I will quote the close of an article on " The Army Reform of Peter the Great."3" Peter was the founder of the Russian regular, national army.

  5. Research Guides: Peter the Great: Primary and Secondary Resources at

    An in-depth study of Peter the Great's ecclesiastical reforms, namely the creation of the Holy Synod which stripped the Orthodox Church of its autonomy from the government. Cracraft also seeks to reconcile these reforms with Peter the Great's personal faith, which could be both sincere and irreverent, as manifested by his Most Drunken Assembly.

  6. Peter the Great : a biography : Hughes, Lindsey, 1949-2007 : Free

    1 online resource (xv, 285 pages, 16 unnumbered pages) : "This, the shorter biography of Peter the Great (1672-1725), tells his story from birth to death in twelve chapters, including two final chapters on the Tsar's legacy and posthumous reputation up to the present, with the aim of providing a vivid sense of the dynamics of his life and reign: The focus is firmly on the dramatic, appealing ...

  7. Peter the Great

    Scenes from the Court of Peter the Great: Based on the Latin Diary of John G. Korb, a Secretary of the Austrian Legation at the Court of Peter the Great. Edited by Dr. F.L. Glaser. N.L. Brown, 1921. Muller, Alexander V., trans. and ed. The Spiritual Regulation of Peter the Great. University of Washington Press, 1972. ISBN: 9780295952376. Perry ...

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    N. Berdyaev. In June 2003, celebrating the 300th anniversary of St. Petersburg in the company of world. leaders, President Putin called Peter the Great, the city's founder, a "great tsar," "a great. reformer" and "a great Russian leader.". According to opinion polls, ordinary Russians agreed. with their President.

  9. The Reforms of Peter the Great

    Peter I of Russia (Peter the Great, l. 1672-1725) was the Tsar of Russia from 1682 to 1721 and the Emperor of Russia from 1721-1725. ... Foreigners taught the Russians how to build and work paper mills, forges, glass factories, powder mills and brick kilns. Regarding trade, Peter ordered canals to be built, which would link the rivers. He also ...

  10. Peter the Great

    Peter I (Russian: Пётр I Алексеевич, romanized: Pyotr I Alekseyevich, IPA: [ˈpʲɵtr ɐlʲɪˈksʲejɪvʲɪtɕ]; 9 June [O.S. 30 May] 1672 - 8 February [O.S. 28 January] 1725), was Tsar of all Russia from 1682, and the first Emperor of all Russia, known as Peter the Great, from 1721 until his death in 1725. He reigned jointly with his half-brother Ivan V until 1696.

  11. Peter I

    Peter I (born June 9 [May 30, Old Style], 1672, Moscow, Russia—died February 8 [January 28], 1725, St. Petersburg) was the tsar of Russia who reigned jointly with his half-brother Ivan V (1682-96) and alone thereafter (1696-1725) and who in 1721 was proclaimed emperor ( imperator ). He was one of his country's greatest statesmen ...

  12. Peter the Great

    Research paper assignment. 214. Research Paper instructions. Western Civilization. 197 Peter the Great Learning Objective. ... Peter the Great of the House of Romanov (1672-1725) ruled the Tsardom of Russia and later the Russian Empire from 1682 until his death, jointly ruling before 1696 with his elder half-brother, Ivan V. ...

  13. Peter the Great Research Papers

    Recent papers in Peter the Great. Top Papers; Most Cited Papers; Most Downloaded Papers; ... the ideology of the Baltic conquests of Peter the First during the Great Northern War. The research material contains ecclesiastical panegyric works, both verbal and visual, dating back to 1702-1720. They include sermons and preaching texts on the ...

  14. Research Guides: Peter the Great: Primary and Secondary Resources at

    In addition to monographs, journals articles are another valuable source of scholarship on Peter the Great. The list below describes major articles written on the emperor, including works in Russian 19th-century "thick journals" and pieces in contemporary periodicals of Slavic studies. Featured journal articles are in both Russian and English.

  15. Peter the Great's Monetary Reform and Money Supply in Russia ...

    Abstract. The purpose of this paper is finding a method of calculating or at least reliably estimating the money supply in the 1710s' Russia. The estimation is based on Gresham's Law that states: "Bad money drive out good money.". The "good" and "bad" monies of Petrine era are identified. I argue that the "good" money was ...

  16. Government reform of Peter the Great

    Peter the Great. The government reforms of Peter I aimed to modernize the Tsardom of Russia (later the Russian Empire) based on Western European models.. Peter ascended to the throne at the age of 10 in 1682; he ruled jointly with his half-brother Ivan V.After Ivan's death in 1696, Peter started his series of sweeping reforms. At first he intended these reforms to support the Great Northern ...

  17. Comparison on Governance of Emperor Kangxi and Peter the Great

    Through the comparison between two important emperors in China and Russia in 18th century,this paper analyses causes of policy-making by historical materialism and dialectics.It also points out that the impact of these policies on politics and the significance to later age.Finally it concludes that Chinese society was on the decline under the disguise of the prosperity during KangXi's reign ...

  18. The Great Recession and the Great Depression

    Published Versions. Peter Temin, 2010. "The Great Recession & the Great Depression," Daedalus, vol 139 (4), pages 115-124. Founded in 1920, the NBER is a private, non-profit, non-partisan organization dedicated to conducting economic research and to disseminating research findings among academics, public policy makers, and business professionals.

  19. Research Guides: Peter the Great: Primary and Secondary Resources at

    This collection includes Pushkin's unfinished historical novel, "The Moor of Peter the Great." The novel is about Pushkin's great-grandfather, Hannibal, the son of an Abyssinian emir who was sent to Peter the Great as a gift. Peter the Great oversaw Hannibal's upbringing and in many respects treated him like a son. Also available in Russian.

  20. Peter The Great Research Paper

    Peter the Great of late seventeenth and early eighteenth century Russia was a highly controversial leader. On the one hand, he achieved his ultimate goal of making Russia a great European power, however on the other hand he took a path of violence and oppression to get there ("Czap"). Peter the Great was truly a great leader because he ...

  21. Research Guides: Peter the Great: Primary and Secondary Resources at

    An exposition of relations between Peter I and his son Alekseĭ, whom Peter had brought to trial for treason against the state, from Oct. 11, 1715 to Feb. 3, 1718, incl. their letters, Alekseĭ Petrovich's written testimony, Peter's proclamations to the bishops and secular authorities, Alekseĭ's interrogation by the ministers and senate, and the signed "Judgment of the Spiritual Administration."

  22. Thesis Statement on Peter the Great.

    Length: 7 pages (2001 words) Born into the Russian government, Peter the Great was one of the most important figures in Russian history. Peter had many great accomplishments and is celebrated as one of the best tsars ever to rule Russia. Peter the Great was the first emperor of Russia.

  23. Putin Compares Himself to Peter the Great, the Famous Czar

    On Thursday, Mr. Putin went further, comparing himself directly to Peter the Great. It was a new, if carefully staged, glimpse into Mr. Putin's sense of his own grandeur. Mr. Putin on Thursday ...

  24. Research Guides: Peter the Great: Primary and Secondary Resources at

    The Prints & Photographs Division at the Library of Congress holds a small collection of images related to Peter the Great, including representations of monuments dedicated to the leader and other related sites and artifacts. The items are included in the list below. To find more images related to Peter the Great, you can search "Peter the Great" or "Peter I AND Russia" in the Library's ...