Everyone knows that Peter the Great “westernized” Russia. But what does that mean? And how true is it? In a very literal sense Peter the Great did westernize Russia, that is by persuading a large number of Western experts to immigrate and take up prominent posts in the Russian government. Peter “imported” shipwrights, mathematicians, generals,Continue reading “Peter the Great and “Westernization””
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