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Title: Czar Peter the Great


1
Czar Peter the Great
  • By Marissa Morell, Sarah Eknoyan, Elizabeth
    Kliakhandler, and Sarah Haugland

2
Economy
  • Peter kick-started important economic growth in
    Russia
  • Before he came along, Russia had an economy based
    strictly on agriculture
  • Czar Peter the Great made trading a very
    important industry in an attempt to connect
    Russia to the rest of Europe

3
Economy (continued)
  • Russia grew significantly under his rule
  • This czar established warm water ports, which
    enabled more trading
  • Very little was achieved in agriculture, however.

4
Economy (continued)
  • Russia began to dominate many forms of industry.
  • The country became a source of raw materials and
    labor
  • Communism was used
  • The government took over successful businesses
  • Private businesses could make a profit only on
    the extras of what they produced

5
Political
  • Peter I reformed the government
  • Towns were allowed to elect their own officials
  • Russia was divided into eight guberniya, or large
    provinces.
  • Each was led by a Gubnator who had full power
    over the area

6
Political (continued)
  • Peter was advised by a council, and his orders
    were carried out by 40 departments in the
    Prikazy, central government branch
  • Peter appointed a 9 man senate
  • It evolved into Russias highest court
  • Peter created an effective beaurocracy

7
Political (continued)
Bored yet?
  • He created a strong army and navy
  • He made a foreign policy that encouraged trade
  • Czar Peter the Great was a cruel yet effective
    leader
  • He believed that he alone should decide
    everything. He was a bit of an autocrat. However,
    with this attitude, it was easy to get things
    done.
  • (Bored yet?)

8
Social
  • Czar Peter was a reformer
  • He tried to bring Russia up to pace with the rest
    of the world
  • He led the Russian Cultural Revolution by opening
    his country to the west
  • He allowed European engineers, shipbuilders,
    architects, merchants, etc. to come to Russia

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9
Social (continued)
  • The czar banned traditional clothing
  • In an attempt to modernize Russia, he simplified
    the
  • alphabet, introduced the Julian calendar, and
    established
  • the first Russian newspaper
  • In addition to those, Czar Peter introduced
    hundreds
  • of other reforms
  • This enraged many citizens

10
Social (continued)
  • The church was different from that of most of
    Europe. As you would expect, Peter took it over.
  • He did so because it was very wealthy and refused
    to modernize on its own
  • He secularized schools
  • The people under his rule did not like many of
    these changes, and revolted often
  • However, Peter the Great effectively made Russia
    much less isolated

11
Interesting Facts
  • Peter is believed to have been 6 feet, 7 inches.
  • He married twice and had 11 children, most of
    whom died as babies
  • He made his first wife keep her lovers head in a
    jar after execution
  • Gross! He was rather merciless, though, so were
    not very surprised.

12
Questions
YA BETTER HAVE BEEN PAYIN ATTENSHUN!!!
  • Did Peter allow free enterprise?
  • No. (Duh. This question was way too easy.)
  • Why did he take control of the church?
  • It was very wealthy (he wanted the money!) and
    refused to modernize on its own
  • Towns were allowed to ________.
  • Elect their own officials
  • Did you enjoy this presentation?
  • Of course I did! You guys are the absolute best!

13
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