Imperial Russia 
Outline #4
Professor Knight

The Reforms of Peter the Great

Pavel Miliukov: “The State Economy under Peter I” (1893)
Chronology of Reform:
	1698-1709—Improvisation
	1709-1718—Consolidation
	1718-1725—Legislation

Administrative System
	“General Regulations” 1720
	The Senate—founded 1712
		Fiscals
	The Colleges (Ministries) founded 1718
	Institutional vs Personal Power
	Role of the Autocrat

Social Impact of Reform
	Military Recruitment (25 Years Service)
	Poll Tax 
		Tiaglo (Each person’s share of the poll tax)
		Collective responsibility (Krugovaia poruka)
		Strengthening of the Commune
		State Peasants
		Merchant Guilds

Church Reforms
	Peter the Great: Religious man or blasphemer?
	“Most Extravagent, Most Humorous, Most Drunken Synod.”
	The Ecclesiastical Regulation (1722)
	The Holy Synod
	

The Problem of Succession
	Alexei Petrovich—Heir to the Throne (dies 1718)
	Law on Succession (1722)
	“Justice of the Monarch’s Will” by Feofan Prokopovich
	1725--Peter I dies
	Catherine I (rules 1725-1727)
	Peter II (rules 1727-1730)
	Alexander Menshikov
	The Dolgorukii Family