Define the Groups of Russian People
Tsars of Russia
• Define:
• Give an
Example:
Boyars
Serfs
• Define:
• Define:
• How did this
group Change
during the
modernization
of Russia?
• How did this
group Change
during the
modernization
of Russia?
Russia
and
Peter the Great
• Modernizes Russia
Peter the Great
– Examples:
• Education, building projects,
social reforms
• Examples of Absolute
Control
– Social:
• Orders western dress and
cutting of Boyars (nobles)
beards
– Economic:
• Adopts mercantilist policies,
encourage exports
– Political:
• Controlled Boyars by forcing
them to serve the state
Expansion of Russia
• Under Peter the Great, Russia becomes the
largest state in the world by Peter's time.
• Three times the size of Europe
Expansion of Russian Borders
What does Peter want?
Does Peter get what he wants?
1. Peter wants to build a
strong military
1. Creates a large standing army
and navy
2. Peter wants a warm water
port to trade with the west
2. Unable to defeat the
Ottoman Empire, Failed to
get a warm water port
3. Wants a new capital city –
along the Baltic Sea
3. Goes to war with Sweden for
land on the Baltic Sea and
then builds a brand new city
– St. Petersburg
•
(originally a swamp, becomes
a modern city)
Building a City
Facts on St. Petersburg
• Known as a “window to the
west” as the new capital is
meant to be a city where
western ideas would come in
to Russia
• A great symbol of Peter’s and
Russia’s power and absolute
control
– Orders serfs to work on city
•
A symbol of Russia’s
modernization
– Modern architecture and
design
Map of St. Petersburg
Peter’s Palace
“Peterhof Palace”
Facts on Peter the Great’s
Palace:
• Known as the Russian
Versailles, partially designed
by Peter the Great
• About 200 meters
• Decorated with Gold
• Surrounded by gardens
Question:
1. Peter modeled his palace so
that it looked a lot like the
Palace of Versailles (in France).
- Why do you think that Peter
chose to build his palace in
the French Style?
2. Why would Peter need a
palace like Peterhof’s Palace?
Effects of Peter the Great’s Reign?
Positive
• Modernizes Russia
– Improves military, education,
legal code
Negative
• Rules with absolute
authority – often very
violently
– Executes his own son
• Expands Russian Borders
– Creates a large empire (3
billion acres)
• Makes Russia a major
European Power
• Growth of serfdom
• Not always successful in
goals
– No warm-water port
Which of the following statements do
you agree with? And Why?
• A). A government
leader should never
have absolute authority.
• B). A government
leader can exercise
absolute authority if it
will help advance a
country’s economy.
• C). A governmental
leader can exercise
absolute authority
when a country is under
attack.
• D). A government
leader can exercise
absolute authority
whenever it will
advance a country’s
interests.
• Building Russian power –
• (Russia, part 3) – start 1:36
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uy9Ho
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• (Russia, part 4) – end 3:17, or 5:23
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bPj1tA
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