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Wrestling Russia Into The West

Wrestling Russia Into The West. Apotheosis of Peter the Great. Apotheosis of Peter the Great (1710) by Dagli Orti. Wrestling Russia Into The West. Peter the Great’s story begins in the 16 th century with Boris Godunov and his Romanov cousins

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Wrestling Russia Into The West

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  1. Wrestling Russia Into The West Apotheosis of Peter the Great

  2. Apotheosis of Peter the Great (1710) by Dagli Orti Wrestling Russia Into The West

  3. Peter the Great’s story begins in the 16th century with Boris Godunov and his Romanov cousins • The Romanov Dynasty was founded in 1613 with Mikhail Feodorovich Romanov • The Romanovs were able to stabilize Russia Romanov Dynasty

  4. The Streltsy uprising of April-May 1682 made it possible for his cousin Sophia to insist that Peter and his half-brother Ivan be proclaimed joint Tsars, with Sophia acting as regent Early Years

  5. Peter the Great’s sheer physical presence seemed to indicate the way his rule would go • Nearly 7 feet tall and very broad • “powerful, loud-mouthed, violent, and impetuous” • No manners whatsoever and did not consider them necessary Physical Presence

  6. Peter never lost his love of ship-building, much to the chagrin of King William III of Orange • King William presented Peter with a yacht and ordered naval maneuvers in his honor Ship Building

  7. The Most Drunken Synod of Fools and Jesters was created in 1695 • The first commandment was that members were to get drunk every day, and might never go sober to bed Party On, Dude

  8. Traveled to Europe on an 18-month journey with a large Russian delegation called the “Grand Embassy” to seek the aid of the European monarchs • Worked in the largest shipyard in the world, belonging to the Dutch East India Company, for a period of four months Grand Embassy

  9. In March of 1698, 175 Streltsy left their regiments and fled to Moscow to file a complaint • Peter ordered four regiments of 2300 men to attack the Streltsy Revolt of the Streltsy

  10. In the year 7207 of the old Russian calendar, Peter proclaimed that the Julian Calendar was in effect and the year was 1700 • In the early 18th century, Peter the Great simplified and regularized the Cyrillic Alphabet Modern Changes

  11. Peter staged a war against the Swedish king Charles XII in the early 1700s to try and gain land for his dream • Though the war was going poorly, Peter took the strange step of beginning construction while the war was still going on St. Petersburg

  12. It was a servant girl by the name of Martha Skavronskaya who ultimately captured Peter’s heart • Their first marriage was in secret, but Peter valued Catherine and proceeded to marry her again officially in St. Petersburg in February 1712 A Servant Girl

  13. The Table of Ranks, as it was called, divided government service into three vertical columns: military, civil and courts • As the grid layout made plain, one of the purposes was to correlate status across different branches of service Table of Ranks

  14. It would be a distant relative in Catharine II “the Great” who would accomplish more • Modernization of agriculture and industry, foreign investment, and encouraging education for the middle class Catharine the Great

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