Czar Peter the Great

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Czar Peter the Great

• By Marissa Morell, Sarah Eknoyan, Elizabeth
  Kliakhandler, and Sarah Haugland

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Economy

• Peter kick-started important economic growth in
  Russia
• Before he came along, Russia had an economy based
  strictly on agriculture
• Czar Peter the Great made trading a very
  important industry in an attempt to connect
  Russia to the rest of Europe

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Economy (continued)

• Russia grew significantly under his rule
• This czar established warm water ports, which
  enabled more trading
• Very little was achieved in agriculture, however.

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Economy (continued)

• Russia began to dominate many forms of industry.
• The country became a source of raw materials and
  labor
• Communism was used
• The government took over successful businesses
• Private businesses could make a profit only on
  the extras of what they produced

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Political

• Peter I reformed the government
• Towns were allowed to elect their own officials
• Russia was divided into eight guberniya, or large
  provinces.
• Each was led by a Gubnator who had full power
  over the area

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Political (continued)

• Peter was advised by a council, and his orders
  were carried out by 40 departments in the
  Prikazy, central government branch
• Peter appointed a 9 man senate
• It evolved into Russias highest court
• Peter created an effective beaurocracy

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Political (continued)
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• He created a strong army and navy
• He made a foreign policy that encouraged trade
• Czar Peter the Great was a cruel yet effective
  leader
• He believed that he alone should decide
  everything. He was a bit of an autocrat. However,
  with this attitude, it was easy to get things
  done.
• (Bored yet?)

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Social

• Czar Peter was a reformer
• He tried to bring Russia up to pace with the rest
  of the world
• He led the Russian Cultural Revolution by opening
  his country to the west
• He allowed European engineers, shipbuilders,
  architects, merchants, etc. to come to Russia

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Social (continued)

• The czar banned traditional clothing
• In an attempt to modernize Russia, he simplified
  the
• alphabet, introduced the Julian calendar, and
  established
• the first Russian newspaper
• In addition to those, Czar Peter introduced
  hundreds
• of other reforms
• This enraged many citizens

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Social (continued)

• The church was different from that of most of
  Europe. As you would expect, Peter took it over.
• He did so because it was very wealthy and refused
  to modernize on its own
• He secularized schools
• The people under his rule did not like many of
  these changes, and revolted often
• However, Peter the Great effectively made Russia
  much less isolated

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Interesting Facts

• Peter is believed to have been 6 feet, 7 inches.
• He married twice and had 11 children, most of
  whom died as babies
• He made his first wife keep her lovers head in a
  jar after execution
• Gross! He was rather merciless, though, so were
  not very surprised.

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Questions
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• Did Peter allow free enterprise?
• No. (Duh. This question was way too easy.)
• Why did he take control of the church?
• It was very wealthy (he wanted the money!) and
  refused to modernize on its own
• Towns were allowed to ________.
• Elect their own officials
• Did you enjoy this presentation?
• Of course I did! You guys are the absolute best!

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