Monthly Archives: January 2017

In the last section of the Petrine Reform Legislation, Peter the Great is honored in a eulogy as having “raised Russia as if from among the dead and elevated her to such heights of power and glory; or better still, … Continue reading →

At the end of Ch.2 in The Revolution of Peter the Great, Cracraft claims that “it was the navy, one way or another, that brought Peter, and then Russia, into Europe and the modern world.” (Pg. 53). Do you think … Continue reading →