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An 8 page paper which discusses how and why his fascination with the Western world drove Tsar Peter I to reconfigure Russia in a way that he believed would ensure its modernization and independence. Bibliography lists 10 sources.
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would become a modernized superpower in the future. It was his tireless pursuit of modernization, which literally rewrote the book on Russian history that earned him the nickname
of Peter the Great (Riechers, 2003). Peter possessed many characteristics, but shortsightedness was not one of them. He could see what Russia would look like in the long-term,
envisioning great canals linking the Caspian and Black Seas protected by navies where there were none, and an empire between east and west that was a strong force to be
reckoned with, and not a vulnerable territory frequently threatened by neighboring territories with well-organized militias (Riechers, 2003). Peter set into motion the wheels of progress that were powered by
Western modernization, and in the process completely rebuilt a static system into a progressive and competitive one that was not only capable of claiming its independence but also controlling its
own destiny. As the son of Tsar Aleksei Mikhailovich, Peter grew up in virtual isolation in Moscow (known then as Muscovy), with little in the way of formal
education (Riechers, 2003). With an unquenchable thirst for knowledge that would last throughout his lifetime, Peter taught himself German and Dutch, and embarked on a plan of self-improvement that
would later define his leadership (Riechers, 2003). An impatient man who had tired of the archaic traditions of his homeland, he decided at the age of 25 to study
Western culture, and made the first of two trips to Europe in 1697 (Roberts, 1991). Upon his return to Moscow, Peter wasted no time in practically applying what he
had learned, first by radically changing the Russian calendar to match that of Europe (Riechers, 2003). After all, if Russia was going to be a major performer on the
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