why did peter the great not revolutionize russia?

Question

i need to kno some good solid fact on why peter the great did not revolutionize russia. it would be great if u had a web site for me to look at but if not thats okay

i am writing a debate paper and i have to talk about how he did not revolutionize russia... so if you could help me with this question that would be a huge help. i am not finding much about it.

Answer 1

I have to agree with the very first answer. You would have a problem trying to prove that Peter the Great didn't revolutionize Russia, because he did.

Answer 2

How he did not revolutionize Russia? I'm confused. Peter the Great changed Russia in a lot of ways - enough that most historians consider his reign a revolutionary reign. His import of western culture, architecture, not to mention the building of the city of St. Petersburg, changed Russia forever. I recall writing a paper years ago where I discussed Peter's role in making Russia a European state as opposed to a more southern or eastern state (Ottoman/Turkish). If you look at Russian architecture it is clear that those people had a great impact on Russia (look at St. Basil's Cathedral and tell me whether you think Russia saw itself as "western" or not). Peter was the Tsar who "decided" Russia would be western and European. He forged relationships with leaders of other European nations and drew Russia into the fold of European politics. After Peter there was no hope of Russia being a non-European entity.

Long story short, if you want to know how Peter didn't revolutionize Russia, you're not going to get a lot of answers!

Hope this helped. Good luck!

Answer 3

debate eh? awsome club...
anyways
He actually did revolutionize Russia. He was a weird guy, first off he was like 6 feet or something ridicoulous. He was a really peculiar guy. He would travel to the west and see how they were all changing. He wanted to do this in Russia. My favorite fact about him is that....

-He taxed cucumbers, mirrors, and beards
-He was facinated by dwarves and had giant pies baked and would half the dwarves jump out of the pies.



By the way Im not making this up. This is actually real stuff. This is from my history class.

Answer 4

He was very influenced by western European culture. He made many changes based on this western model including dress and even the calender. He was also very interested in navigation he had many russians go study naval tactics in Europe for which they would get paid. He even fought to gain more ports including the Great Northern War. He created many changes in Russia and i believe he revolutionized Russian life.

Answer 5

I dont think it was Peter's fault that Russia never caught up with the West. I think it was the upper-class of society (boyars) who did NOT want to be "dragged kicking & screaming into the modern world" (which is how I heard it described once). They wanted to keep their cozy society isolated, keep the lower classes under their control, and not allow the lower classes to have more free will - which is essentially what the Protestant Reformation gave to Western Europe.

The ruler/czar can only do so much. If the upper class don't support you, then your ideas will most likely go no where. And remember the government was made up entirely of upper class boyars.

Answer 6

I suppose you could say because he didn't want to lose the status quo. If he had brought in revolutionary ideas into Russia such as a parliamentary democracy, which is what Britain has, then he would have lost his rule as an absolute monarch. Remember, absolute rulers fear major social changes, because it sometimes threatens them.

Answer 7

He was a tsar. He was interested in preserving the status quo

Answer 8

Given his day - in many respects ...he did.

Answer 9

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_I_of_Russia