Peter the Great
Russia's modernizing emperor
Peter the Great was the Russian tsar who ruled from 1682 to 1725 and transformed Russia into a major European power.
He modernized the military, founded St.
Petersburg, and forcibly Westernized Russian society—famously taxing beards to discourage traditional customs.
His name appears in historical references to ambitious reform: He fancies himself a Peter the Great, dragging his country into modernity.
Imperial Russian ruling family
- MoscowRussia's capital city
- KremlinMoscow's fortified government seat
- St. PetersburgRussian Baltic port city
- SiberiaRussia's eastern expanse
boyars · serfdom · Cossacks · Volga · Baltic · Slavic · steppe · Ivan the Terrible
Russian absolute monarch
- emperorMale ruler of empire
- autocratSole wielder of power
- sovereignSupreme in power
- throneCeremonial chair for sovereigns
dynasty · reign · coronation · succession · imperial · regalia · court · palace
Vehicles under unified command
- shipbuildingConstructing maritime vessels
- navyMaritime military force
- Baltic SeaNorthern European inland sea
- AdmiraltyGovernment body governing fleets
warship · frigate · seapower · maritime · dockyard · sailor · captain · admiral
Adoption of current methods
- westernizationAdopting Euro-American practices
- reformImprove by correcting faults
- innovationCreating something original
- transformationThorough change in form
progress · secularization · education · industry · policy · decree · restructuring · military reform
Of considerable height
- giantBeing of huge size
- toweringOf imposing height
- heightVertical extent upward
- statuesqueTall, graceful, dignified
imposing · physical strength · commanding presence · formidable
Romanov
Imperial Russian ruling family
- MoscowRussia's capital city
- KremlinMoscow's fortified government seat
- St. PetersburgRussian Baltic port city
Siberia · boyars · serfdom · Cossacks · Volga · Baltic · Slavic · steppe · Ivan the Terrible · Catherine the Great
tsar
Russian absolute monarch
throne · dynasty · reign · coronation · succession · imperial · regalia · court · palace · absolutism
fleet
Vehicles under unified command
- shipbuildingConstructing maritime vessels
- navyMaritime military force
- Baltic SeaNorthern European inland sea
Admiralty · warship · frigate · seapower · maritime · dockyard · sailor · captain · admiral · Great Northern War
modernization
Adoption of current methods
- westernizationAdopting Euro-American practices
- reformImprove by correcting faults
- innovationCreating something original
transformation · progress · secularization · education · industry · policy · decree · restructuring · military reform · meritocracy
tall
Of considerable height
statuesque · imposing · physical strength · commanding presence · formidable
- 17th-Century LeadersLouis XIV, Oliver Cromwell, Charles I, Charles II, James I
- Romanov RussiaCatherine the Great, Romanov, tsar, tsars, tsarina
- Russian RulersIvan the Terrible, Catherine the Great, Nicholas II, Ivan III, Elizabeth
- Slavic MonarchsCatherine the Great, Ivan the Terrible, Nicholas II, Alexander Nevsky
- Baroque RulersLouis XIV, Christina, Charles I, Charles II, James I
- historyancient civilizations, past events, historian, epochs, era