Peter the Great
- ISBN-10
- 1530054583
- ISBN-13
- 9781530054589
- Pages
- 192
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2016-02-14
- Author
- Abbott Jacob
Description
A. Peter I, called the Great (30 May [9 June] 1672 - January 28 [February 8] in 1725) - the last Tsar of All Russia (since 1682) and the first Russian Emperor (from 1721). As a representative of the Romanov dynasty, Peter was proclaimed king at the age of 10, he began to rule independently from 1689. The formal co-regent Peter was his brother Ivan (until his death in 1696). From a young age showing interest in the sciences and overseas lifestyle, Peter the first of the Russian tsars made a long journey to Western Europe. On his return from it, in 1698, Peter launched a large-scale reform of the Russian state and social order. One of the main achievements of Peter has become the solution of the problem in the XVI century: the expansion of Russian territory in the Baltic region after the victory in the Great Northern War, which allowed him to take in 1721 the title of Emperor. In historical science and in public opinion since the end of the XVIII century to the present time there are diametrically opposite assessments as a person of Peter I, and its role in Russian history. The official Russian historiography Peter was considered to be one of the most outstanding statesmen, "There are very few persons who have not heard of the fame of Peter the Great, the founder, as he is generally regarded by mankind, of Russian civilization. The celebrity, however, of the great Muscovite sovereign among young persons is due in a great measure to the circumstance of his having repaired personally to Holland, in the course of his efforts to introduce the industrial arts among his people, in order to study himself the art and mystery of shipbuilding, and of his having worked with his own hands in a ship-yard there. The little shop where Peter pursued these practical studies still stands in Saardam, a ship-building town not far from Amsterdam. The building is of wood, and is now much decayed; but, to preserve it from farther injury, it has been incased in a somewhat larger building of brick, and it is visited annually by great numbers of curious travelers. The whole history of Peter, as might be expected from the indications of character developed by this incident, forms a narrative that is full of interest and instruction for all."
