At Peter the Great era; the culture was different and special. First the language was Slavic languages ((it is also called Slavonic language)). It is one of the languages of the Indo European. It is exactly the east Slavic language; it is written with the Cyrillic alphabet.
Religion in the country was Russian Orthodox Church; it is one of the Christian religions. Also it is one of the eastern orthodox churns such as in Greece. On the other hand Peter the Great was more rational, so he was interested in the development of his