In the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries Eastern Europe was marked by two powerful and influential rulers. Frederick the great of Prussia and Peter the Great of Russia. The rise of Prussia and the rise of Russia were comparatively similar‚ yet both had marked differences. Russia‚ under the reign of the young Tsar Peter‚ was westernized and modernized almost in the wink of an eye. Peter the Great visited Europe‚ and worked hard to learn and bring back every bit of technology and wisdom possessed
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Vincent Vo Period 3 Unit 4 and 5 Reflection HW Unit 4 How did Peter the Great and Catherine the Great change Russia? Both Russian rulers largely reformed their country by introducing ideas and customs from Western Europe. Peter the Great was especially known for his trip to Western Europe and bringing back knowledge of finance‚ politics‚ military‚ etc. Through his reform of the military system and the nobility and construction of many factories‚ Peter brought Russia up to the surface from its longtime
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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
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Peter the Great ruled Russia in the 17th and 18th centuries after a long time of bad rulers in Russia. They were once ruled mostly by barbarians‚ but he wanted to westernize Russia‚ and open a window to the west. It was tough bringing Russia out of a time of religious rule and poverty. He ended up making Russia one of the greatest empires of the time by improving Russia’s army and navy‚ gaining a lot of land‚ and bringing major intellectual changes. They were a major Eurasian power. Peter really
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Class (factory owners‚ merchants and bankers) - 1.5% • Working Class - 4.0% • Peasants - 82% • Early Russian Economy • Russia was economically backward and industry was small scale. • St Petersburg and Moscow had some large textile factories. • The Urals had a substantial iron industry. • The size of Russia‚ her poor communication & transport network restricted industrial growth. • Russian banks were ineffective and loans were not readily
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Life and works of Pyotr Tchaikovsky Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky was born in Kamsko-Votkinsk‚ Russia‚ on May 7‚ 1840. He was introduced to music at age 5. His father was a Ukrainian mining engineer and his mother died when he was 14 - an event that may have stimulated him to compose (http://www.geocities.com/Vienna/5648/Tchaikovsky.htm). He was forced to deal with the cold atmosphere of a military boarding school after his mother died. As such‚ he shied away from the harsh and brutal world and found
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At the beginning of the seventeenth century Russia experienced a period of great upheaval that has since been called the Time of Troubles (1598-1613). The period was an incredibly complex period of intersecting political‚ social‚ and economic issues that culminated into this tumultuous period. During this period‚ the Russian Orthodox Church became the only social institution and political symbol that offered Russians a sense of continuity‚ unity‚ and stability. Orthodox Christianity played a fundamental
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The difference of opinions voiced by both the commentators‚ from the late 18th century‚ has yet to be resolved to this day. A minority of historians hold that his liberal reforms in Russia were mostly for the sake earning the respect of the powers of Western Europe and claim that his despotism outweighs any reforms he made. A greater majority of historians agree that Peter the Great was a despot‚ but argue that while Peter’s progressive reforms (as will be discussed below) had little effect during
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Money is the best way to motivate people Nowadays the employers use different instruments in order to stimulate their laborers to work better and faster. However‚ one must admit that the most common way to encourage employees to carry out their duties is money. I agree that wages or salary should be considered the most powerful instrument to influence on people’s attitude to job. To begin with‚ money is the most convenient and effortless motivator. In fact‚ no one gratitude or praise is
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Section 1: Identification and evaluation of sources Question: What was the role of ballet in political relations between the United States and the Soviet Union? Source 1: Croft‚ Clare. "Ballet Nations: The New York City Ballet’s 1962 US State Department-Sponsored Tour of the Soviet Union." Theatre Journal 61‚ no. 3 (2009): 421-42. In this study by Clare Croft‚ the political and social factors behind the New York City Ballet’s tour of the Soviet Union is explained in depth and includes multiple
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