Expansion of His Land
- From 1696 to 1725, he had only let one year to be peaceful. Except for the year, he had radically changed the form of his government to pursue the war, and to expand his territory. Thanks to Cossacks and his project, at the end of his reign, the land of Russia was stretched out from St. Petersburg to Siberia, forming the vast Russian territory that we know in these days. |
Grand Embassy - Simply saying, it was a expedition toward the Europe with the purpose of learning. Peter himself had led the project, with using the fake name Peter Mikhailov. (Because he did not want others to treat like emperor, but as a person who they can teach) By this project, Russia was westernized. After the Grand Embassy, he made his people to live like European. He imported lots of new technologies like weapons and tries to catch up those European nations. St. Petersburg + Navy - After the grand embassy, Peter was eager to catch up and import the technologies and culture of the Europe, and as a result, he invested on St. Petersburg, the port city where was able to trade with other European countries like Sweden by using Baltic Sea. While focusing on the trade, he also recruited naval force and helped the controls the Baltic Sea trade route. As a result, with the founding of St. Petersburg, they were one of the major nations that controlled the trade route, developed their own culture, and had strong military. |
Great Northern War - It is possible to say that this incident is the ultimate result of Peter and Tsar ’s reign . It is because starting from the state of Mongol, they continued to westernize, and finally they had to conquer the land where they used to watch and learn. To explain about the war, it was done by not only Russia but also those anti-Swedish nations like Denmark-Norway and Saxony-Poland. By this allegiance, Peter the Great have attacked Sweden first, encountering Charles XII. In first few battles, they lost, but at the end, with the help from other nations, Russia had achieved victory. As a result, Russia had established themselves as powerful nations that can threaten European country as well as gaining the three dominions of Estonia, Livonia, Ingria and parts of Kexholem and Viborg. |