Russia at under the of 16? While Peter the Great and Ivan the Terrible strengthened the central government and took power from the nobles, Ivan the Terrible gained loyalty through death threats, whereas Peter the Great gave land to the poor to make them loyal. Peter the Great was born in Moscow, Russia in 1672. Peter took over as ruler in 1682, after Ivan V’s death. When he became ruler at the age of ten, the country was severely underdeveloped compared to other European countries. Russia remained isolated from modernization by rejecting the European renaissance. Peter focused on reestablishing and modernizing Russia as a great nation. He introduced new administrative and territorial …show more content…
Peter the Great influenced Russia in three ways, education, architecture, and culture. First of all, he influenced Russia educationally by having many educational buildings built in St. Petersburg. This positively influenced because many people learned to get an education after Peter had established more schools. Secondly, Peter wanted to import the western manners, dress and style.
Because of this, he made it illegal to have a beard. This was a major problem with Russian traditionalists as they claimed it obstructed the image of god. Finally, many famous architectural building were built in Russia because of his love for the arts. This was excellent because the arts were extremely important in the renaissance. With Peter influencing this, many new famous paintings, sculptures and styles were created Bringing wealth to people. Born in 1533 to Vasili III and Elena Glinskaya, Ivan the Terrible grew up in the town of
Muscovy, Russia. Both of his parents died very young. Ivan took power when he was a mere
3 years old. Since he was so young, nobles called boyars wanted to take control. He was the first czar of Russia and officially took over at the age of 16. Gaining access to the Baltic