When Peter the Great came to power in the 1700s‚ the era of darkness that had shadowed Russia since Ivan the Terrible left it in shambles lifted. Under Peter‚ a new Russia emerged‚ propulsed by his modern policies and western ideologies. Although Peter the Great was famous for his excessive cruelty‚ ultimately the drastically reformed society and its institutions to strengthen Russia’s position in Europe. He established Russia as a military force‚ westernized the sciences‚ arts‚ and culture‚ and
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Peter the Great Leaders do what is necessary in order to create a stable and secure country‚ shaping the country however they please. Tsar Peter the Great was a secular reforming czar that sought to rid xenophobia‚ and westernize Russia in order to be more modern. To begin with‚ Peter the Great went through times of mental suffering in order to have such mindset of Russian reform. He broke away from his half-sister Sophia because she forced Peter to watch one of his family members to suffer and
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Peter the Great was one of Russia’s greatest reformers‚ statesmen‚ organizers‚ and leaders. Russia was less developed than other European countries at that time because Russia had rejected Westernization. To rectify this‚ he went to many ways to modernize and westernize Russia. He founded St. Petersburg as a major Russian port city in the west. He also established it as the new capital‚ based on trade with the rest of Europe. New buildings and institutions were built there to modernize Russia‚ before
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Jack Zhou 1/5/2014 Jason Fisher AP European History Frederick and Peter 18th centuries in Europe is marked by the rise of two new power‚ Russia and Prussia. These two countries came into power within a few generation because of two powerful and wise leaders. These two leaders reformed and expanded their empire. Peter the Great reformed the Old Russian social system and reformed the country‚ while Fredrick the Great of Prussia fought and won the impossible war with Austria
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Westernizing the East: Peter the Great AP European History 27.11.2012 The lands of Tsarist Russia once stretched from Scandinavia to the Pacific. The largest landlocked Empire in the world‚ stretching thousandths of miles across woods‚ plains‚ mountains‚ deserts‚ and the endless Siberian Taiga. 1The Russian people consist one of the most diverse ethnic groups in the world. In the west‚ descendants of Europeans known as the Kievan Rus founded Kyiv and the
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John Peter Zenger (1687-1746) emigrated from Palatinate‚ Germany in 1710 with his parents and two siblings. They came to America along with 3‚000 other refuges to establish naval stores in New York‚ but unfortunately it was not easy for the Zenger’s to arrive safely since many of the other passengers died during the disastrous voyage. Merely a year after arriving Zenger was apprenticed for eight years to William Bradford‚ a pioneer of American printing. He later opened his own printing company in
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In David Malouf’s Fly Away Peter‚ the story follows Jim Sadler‚ an avid bird watcher as he comes to terms with the reality of life through the loss of his innocence and the horrors that he has seen during his tour in World War I. David Malouf uses several literary techniques to express these ideas‚ such as the contrast between the life Jim has at his bird sanctuary in Queensland and the godlessness at war. Divinity and religion are used frequently as metaphors throughout the novel. This all relates
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Bibliography: Barrie‚ J. M. (2008 [1995]) Peter Pan and Other Plays. Oxford‚ Oxford University Press. Greenhalgh‚ S. (2009) ‘Drama’ in Maybin‚ J. and Watson‚ N. J. (eds) Children’s Literature: Approaches and Territories. Basingstoke‚ Palgrave Macmillan‚ pp. 267-280. McGough‚ R. (ed) (2002 [2001]) 100 Best Poems for Children. London‚ Puffin. Peter Pan‚ film‚ directed by P. J. Hogan‚ USA‚ Universal Pictures 2003. Rose. J. (2009) ‘Peter Pan and the Spectacle of the Child’ in Montgomery‚ H
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The Little Prince‚ Antoine de Saint-Exupéry (1947) “All grown-ups were once children... but only few of them remember it.” There is a link between Neverland and Asteroid B-612‚ from The Little Prince created by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry and Peter Pan. The innocence of childhood lies in the literary world shared by both characters. Entrenched in their universe‚ they frozen the time to prevent them to be corrupted by the experience. The Prince left his world in research of adventure and found in
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Peter Romanov‚ or Peter the Great ruled the Tsardom of Russia‚ 1682-1721‚ and later the Russian Empire 1721-1725. He was both revered and hated by the people of Russia during his reign. He is widely known for bringing Russia into the modern age. Though he had trouble claiming the throne for himself in his early life and after the throne was his‚ Peter the Great found ways to modernized Russia‚ one way was by looking towards Europe to give him the knowledge that was needed to bring Russia into the
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