Who Was Peter The Great?

Peter the Great was born on June 9th, 1672 in Moscow, Russia. He was the Tsar of Russia in the late 17th century.Most people know him for turning Russia into a great nation with many aggressive Domestic reforms. There is controversy over whether or not he was actually “Great”. Peter deserves "the Great" after his name because his actions, though extreme, helped developed Russia into a world power. Peter the Great deserved his name because he brought Western ideas to Russia, he gained land for Russia through battle and made many Domestic reforms. Peter the Great brought many western Ideas to Russia that he thought would make Russia a national power. Peter changed Russia into a technologically and scientifically focused country, this is what a lot of the western countries were focusing on at this time. In Russia at this time it was religious for boyars, to have a beard and not to shave. In the west, not many people had beards, so Peter had the idea that every boyar had to cut off their beard, or he will do it for them. A Boyar is a
He set blueprints to a school of Science that was built to catch up with the other western countries who were excelling in Science and Technology. A quote by a European historian said: “Education also had to be modernised if Russia was going to survive as a power in Europe.” This proves how much being intelligent and up to date on your technology helps become a world power. Peter was religious and taunted secular schools that conflicted with his religious ideals. Peter did something amazing for Russia, he had the first newspaper called “Vedomosti” printed, this was a big thing because many of the things printed were bibles. This gave the citizens of Russia more knowledge of what is going on around