From Czar Peter I's Visit To Western Europe

When Czar Peter I of Russia visited western Europe for the first time he was so inspired that he wanted to westernize Russia. He visited western Europe in 1697 to learn more about Europe's customs. He saw that the country was far behind the rest of the world and he was not the only country to realize this. Although he has many reforms he did not want to destroy Russian culture. One of the ways he westernized Russia was by changing the calendar they used, most of the world used the calendar from eight days after the birth of Christ and that would be January first. Before the change Russia started their calendar year from creation of Earth. This new change would start January 1, 1700, he made the decision at the turn of the century. Russia celebrated
All of this celebration took place between January first through January seventh, after all the decorating happened people would shoot whatever type of firearm they had. As a part of this reform Peter the Great thought mathematics was extremely important, at least for the children of noble people, and he made sure they were to learn it. As a punishment for not learning mathematics was that you were not allowed to marry until you learned it. In order to learn the math the children had to go to a special school and after they learned how to do the math they then had to teach in the special mathematical schools. While they were teaching they had to stay at the schools, but the teachers were given food and even paid for their time there. Once they mastered the material they received a certificate that they themselves had to hand write stating they had mastered the material. Without that certificate they could not get married. The advantages that someone could see from the reforms that Peter the Great made would helping Russia be a key player in the trade