Did Peter the Great westernize Russia?

Answer 1

Territorial expansion, Peter I turned small Russia into a Russian Empire. Peter I also reorganized the Russian military along European lines. Built the first Russian naval base, Taganrog in 1698. In 1 year Peter I went from dreaming of a Navy (in 1695) to having a 30 ship fleet that were battle ready against the Ottomans in 1696.

Answer

There are several things that Peter 1 did to help modernize Russia. He required courtiers, state officials, and the military to shave their beards and adopt Western clothing styles. He also sought to gain more maritime outlets because at the time the only outlet he had was the White Sea. During this time he also brought in several ship makers to Russia so they could teach the Russian citizens how to make ships efficiently. Peter also sent delegations out to observe training methods of the Knights of Malta. He also established the new city of St. Petersburg as planned city that was westernized and could be compared to Paris for reasons such as the grand boulevards, large facades and the Winter Palace

Answer 2

He went on trips through Western Europe, seeing how western countries run and how he could make Russia like them. He made political, social, and militaristic reforms. However, this ended up dividing Russia into semi-westernized nobles and upper class, and poor ignorant lower class.

Answer 3

He embarked on a journey to Western Europe before he became tzar of Russia (called the "Grand Embassy"). While there, he worked on a European ship and saw how Europe operated as a country. Peter also believed the Western Europe was greater than anything he had ever seen before and therefore wanted his homeland of Russia to be the same.

He introduced Western-style clothing, as well as European fine arts. He reorganized Russia's military based on the style of Europe. To boost the economy, he utilized serf labor, as did Western Europe had done in earlier years. He pushed for expansion towards Western Europe in order to be closer and have the ability to do more trade with them.

Answer 4

Peter the Great worked hard to improve conditions in Russia. Before he died, his backward country had roads, canals, factories, and schools

Answer 5

Yes