Part one of term paper
was a very important man to Russia. He looked at his country and realizing how backwards everything was, he set his life on bringing it up to Modern European standards. When Peter made a decision he didn't rest until he had done what he set out to do. His ways were intelligent yet obvious; gain more coastline, open up trade routes, bring in ...

Part two of term paper
... needed to strengthen his army and create a navy. The class text book on the other hand implies that Peter’s main goal was to create a strong and powerful army, and that the ‘westernization’ of Russia was a byproduct of that. My third source, Infopedia (computer encyclopedia) stated that the modernization of Russia included the creation of an army capable of contending with the western world. Another point that the video stressed which the text book and the encyclopedia did not was the opp ...