Peter the Great westernized Russia to prove it was European, to create imperial unity, to pursue military supremacy, and to centralize authority over church and nobility.
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Peter the Great westernized Russia to prove it was European, to create imperial unity, to pursue military supremacy, and to centralize authority over church and nobility.
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"...technique. Quest for absolute power means that all these czars, Peter the Great, Catherine the Great, they're interested in centralized society. They're interested in..."
"Okay? So, Peter the Great wants to subject the church to his authority as well as the nobility. Right now, the great threat, the..."
"...systems. All right. Okay. So, the Russian Empire starts with Peter the Great. And what Peter the Great does is"
"...Asia. They're really not part of Europe. And it was Peter the Great. Peter the Great was determined to Russianize, Europeanize Russia, and prove..."
"...go invade Russia. And this is a disaster. Why? Because Peter the Great will use something called a scorched earth policy. Basically, he knows..."
"...to something called the Crimean War in 1854. Okay? So, Peter the Great, again, he wins because Charles II makes disastrous military decisions during..."
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