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Peter the Great: Westernization and Expansion of Russia - Lecture 4

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This lecture examines Peter the Great’s military expansion and his attempts to introduce secular, Western customs and ideas into Russian politics and culture. It also considers his relationship with the boyars, Russian Orthodoxy, and European rationalism.

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- Chapter 1. Peter the Great and the Territorial Expansion of Russia.
- Chapter 2. Russia as a European Power: The Influence of the West on the Russian State .
- Chapter 3. The Peculiarities of Peter the Great: The Peasant Czar.
- Chapter 4. A New Culture: Divergences from the Russian Orthodox Religious Tradition .
- Chapter 5. The Boyars: Junior Partners in Russian Absolutism .
- Chapter 6. Peter the Great: The Ambivalent Child of European Rationalism .

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