The Reformation's of Peter The Great.
Peter the Great, was perhaps one of Russia's most brilliant leaders. Peter was a man who dreamed of a better Russia, stronger international trade that would strengthen the foundation of the Russia's economy. Although a Russian patriot, and most defiantly a team player Peter admired and respected the western European countries such as the English and the Dutch, for their commerce and military technology. By reforming to a European way of life, Russia would be viewed as like a European county and Russia would become a sovereign nation itself. Of course it could be argued to be truly sovereign, a country or territory should have its own identity, one thing that the new Russia did not have at all. Peter made many reforms in Russia both military, economically and socially. Although many of Peter's reformations were well planned out they did not all serve as well as he had hoped.
Military Reforms in Russia:.
With 28 years of Peters reign under war, and conflict it was no wonder that he spent so much time building his military and naval forces to such strong magnitudes. Continual demands for money, weapons, organization, and leadership were never ending during Peter's reign. .
Peter's first major plans of building an awesome military power were to increase recruitments. Volunteers and conscripts were called up to serve new regiments of the military. Those who signed up for the military without force were paid surprisingly well, 11 roubles a year, and were given allowance for food, equal to that of the military personnel in some of the higher ranked regiments. Landowners had to provide 1 footsoilder for every fifty-peasant households and a cavalryman for every hundred-peasant households. If they served in the civil administration, or retired from all government related fields, they had to provide infantrymen for each 30 households they owned. Monasteries, and church servants had to provide 1 for every 25 households they possessed.
