Peter the Great is one of the greatest rulers in Russian history. He brought new ideas to Russia - opened new schools, ordered nobles to adopt western way of clothing, gave certain rights to women in society, introduced foreign languages, beautified St. Petersburg to look like western capitals.
Explanation:
It is hard to mention all of the things that Peter did to strengthen his authority, but also to modernize the country. He is regarded as the ruler who totally changed the course of Russian policy, and was even seen as someone who introduced Russia as a great European force.
