February 16, 2017
#Peter the Great
#Russia
Troy Leonard
you did a great job on writing this article and giving great details about peter the great. Prior to reading this article I have heard of him name but not what kind of influence on Russia. I found it really interesting how he made the men cut off their beards or make them pay extra taxs. to me it seems like he was just trying to clean up the country an make everyone present themselves better.
06/10/2017
6:02 am
Tyler Sleeter
Great article with very good information. I knew very little about Peter the Great before reading your article and I found it very interesting. It surprised me to learn that Peter allowed lower ranking people to work their way up to a higher class; this was not a common practice in Europe. It also surprised me to read that Peter expected not just the lower classes to work hard all day, but the nobility as well. This was also not a common practice in Europe, where many nobles rarely worked. It seems to me that maybe it was this work ethic that made Russia the empire it was at this time.
04/02/2018
6:02 am
Timothy ODekirk
This article was extremely interesting to me and the title picture of Peter the Great really dragged me in to the article. I found it interesting about the power of Peter the Great and how determined he was to rule. Peter the Great’s reign affected the lives of peasants and civilians as well, forcing them to work their entire adult lives. I also found it interesting about Peter the Great’s naval power and his need to have a strong and powerful navy. This was an absolute interesting article about a leader who made Russia the power that they are today.
10/02/2018
6:02 am
Samuel Ruiz
I have always found it very interesting that in early modern history, many men make such big impacts just by either being important or by doing something incredible. In this case, Peter Great was both important and did interesting works. I was most interested in the fact that he traveled to Europe to study European culture and brought it back to Russia to implement it in that society. What a fun way to study abroad in a sense!
08/04/2018
6:02 am
Anna Guaderrama
Okay, I don’t know why but I remember hearing the name in history classes and I always had this idea that he was some fat pale ruler, I stand corrected after reading this article. It is interesting to read about how he strayed away from tradition in preference of enforcing changes. I found it odd and intriguing how he forced men to shave their beards…I would’ve never imagined that being a thing in any society.
16/04/2018
6:02 am
Danielle Slaughter
Peter the Great had good intentions when westernizing Russia, but it would have helped his case if he didn’t try to stifle any remnants of his homeland’s culture. Regardless, his contributions to Russia’s navy and military forces are irrefutable, and under him, Russia prospered. Such a wonderful article about a fascinating historical figure.
23/01/2019
6:02 am
Uzziyah Cohen
Peter the Great had a tremendous impact on Russia in every aspect from politics to education to religion; his greatness thoroughly moves me! Before reading this article, I never had any idea that Peter the Great influenced Russia to the extent that this article expressed. This article serves to intensify the reader’s interests in Russia and its development as a Society. Many leaders hope to have a meaningful impact on their country; however, Peter the Great certainly accomplish this feat in multiple aspects. I love that this article included Peter the Great’s influence on Russia’s language in an attempt to make education more accessible to the lower class citizens.
06/03/2019
6:02 am
Rhoda Wells
I thought I had read somewhere that Peter the Great wanted Russian children to learn to read and write at a time when most Russian peasants who were illiterate. However, I can’t find anything about that today.
24/11/2019
6:02 am
Jose Chaman
This has been a really informative and fun article to read. Although I already knew a little about the history of Peter the Great, I found it interesting to discover that he had a half-brother named Ivan V. I also found of great interest that Russia, before Peter I, had not developed such a colossal defense system, and that after the arrival of his young but focused tsar, everything changed and propelled Russia as we know today.
16/01/2020
6:02 am
Andrew Rodriguez
Peter the great, wasn’t afraid to advance on different ideals. Which was brave in seeking for inspiration from other country’s in the west, even though he is in the east. I knew some of Peter the Great, but this article was very informative in what he accomplished. For him to make all the nobles to shave and have penalties for those who didn’t. Was very different for the noble, in that no one would make them change. The impact he left on Russia will never be matched, he modernized Russia to the world.
08/09/2017
6:02 am