Peter the Great - Tsar and reformer

09/06/1672 Peter is born in Moscow and died on 01/28/1725 in St. Petersburg. It was a Tsar of Russia and the Emperor and his life and his work is still seen today in various forms by the Russians.

His name of Peter the Great, which was because he took the first big step toward modernity. European countries opened Western influences. With far-reaching reforms can achieve political success Peter the Great in the first place.

The reforms of Peter the Great
Peter's reforms have transformed Russia. They grew little by little practice, especially military needs. To obtain the necessary funds, the new taxes introduced and implemented the relevant authorities.

The new officers and army officers and modernized need whose skills were Western European standards. Therefore, the diffusion of Western science, methods and practices has been promoted by all means.

The peasants and nobility
The peasants and the nobility had more and more taxes and assume debt that were in deep dependence on the czar. The power of the nobility remained intact since slavery persisted in Russia until 1861. Peasants and nobles, now allowed to establish factories and sell their products freely, while the state remained the main customers.

Open new revenue
Pedro industrialized Siberia, it became increasingly important for trade in Russia, such as Skins. Because herds are becoming less by the permanent threat, which penetrates more rapidly to the east.
Each tenth of a fur coat as a control dam belonged to the state. It also aimed to exploit the natural resources of Siberia continuously.

Finance and Taxation
Peter the Great hoped, by a change in the new tax system to take advantage of sources of money. "So he ordered the nationalization of 1701, the church property. To collect more taxes, the tax collectors could tsarist reach something special. The population had to pay taxes on almost everything: the beard, coffins of oak, salt and a poll tax.

The king also made ​​use of other means, so that the number of state monopolies was always higher than the prices of certain monopolies were the two to four times higher than before. These measures succeeded Peter the increase in income and that was the basis for modern economic life in Russia, where.

The window to Europe
Russia is Europe-oriented than before. The Czar wrote every Western clothes and cut off his beard and demonstratively the skirts of his staff.

Tsar staff moved from Moscow to St. Petersburg to mark a new beginning. Architects were engaged from abroad to modernize the city planning and access to Western standards. The 16th May 1703, the birthday "of the city. In this day of Peter the Great began the construction of the Peter and Paul Fortress on Rabbit Island.

The modernization also affects the timing system and all local governments. The calendar system was in the Julian calendar, second January 1700 and changed the graphic redesign of the cards by the introduction of civil rights call-written in 1708. Peter the Great moved a lot, but could change in the long term, old social structures as expected.