Imperial Russia
January 28, 2000
Professor Knight

Peter the Great

I.  Early Years
	Uprising of Musketeers (Streltsy)—1682
		Massacre of Naryshkins by Miloslavskiis
	Dual Monarchy:  Peter and Ivan
	Regency of Sophia
		Vasilii Golitsyn
	Peter’s “Play regiment”
	Peter stages coup ousts Sophie—1689
	Peter takes personal control of state—1694

II.  First Years as Tsar	
	First Siege of Avoz (Fortress on Black Sear) 1695
	Second (successful) Siege of Azov 1696
	The Grand Embassy—1697-1698
		Peter travels incognito as Peter Mikhailov
	Streltsy Rebellion—1698

III.  The Great Northern War
	Charles XII of Sweden
	Battle of Narva—1700
	Founding of St. Petersburg—1703
	Battle of Poltava—1709
	War funds take up 90% of state budget  in 1711
	Battle of Hango—1714
	Treaty of Nystadt---1721 (Sweden capitulates)
		Russia proclaimed an Empire
		Peter names himself “Father of the Fatherland”

IV.  Mobilization of Society
	Universal service
	Concept of the State
	Cameralism
	Compulsory Education for Nobles
	Study Abroad
	Table of Ranks—1722

V.   Cultural Reforms
	European Dress
	Assemblies: Bringing Women into Society
	All Drunken Synod