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2 days ago · Russia - Peter's Reforms, Tsars, Expansion: Peter’s unexpected death in 1725 at age 52 left unresolved two major institutional problems. The first was the succession to the throne, which remained unsettled not only because Peter did not choose his own successor but also because during the remainder of the century almost any ...
3 days ago · Russia - The Petrine state: Formally, Peter changed the tsardom of Muscovy into the Empire of All Russias, and he himself received the title of emperor from the Senate at the conclusion of the peace with Sweden.
2 days ago · Peter the Great (1682–1725) Peter the Great officially proclaimed the Russian Empire in 1721 and became its first emperor. He instituted sweeping reforms and oversaw the transformation of Russia into a major European power. Painting by Jean-Marc Nattier, 1717.
6 days ago · Peter the Great's momentous reforms are reflected in the numerous laws and decrees passed during his reign, often based on foreign models such as Sweden. The Law Library at the Library of Congress has a remarkable collection of 18th-century Russian legal materials, both original documents from the period and later reproductions and ...
5 days ago · Summary: Hobbes and Peter the Great both valued strong centralized authority to maintain order. However, Hobbes advocated for an absolute sovereign to prevent chaos, whereas Peter the Great...
2 days ago · St. Peter's is one of the four churches in the world that hold the rank of Major papal basilica, all four of which are in Rome, and is also one of the Seven Pilgrim Churches of Rome.
Among them is the Upper Petrovsky (Vysoko-Petrovsky) Monastery, which, like Novospassky, was closely connected with Russian dynastic history and particularly with Peter the Great. Upper...
