'Peter the Great\r'

'The lands of Tsarist Russia once stretched from Scandinavia to the Pacific. The largest landlocked imperium in the world, stretching thousandths of miles across woods, plains, mountains, deserts, and the endless Siberian Taiga. 1 The Russian people consist unmatched of the most diverse ethnic groups in the world. In the west, descendants of Europeans known as the Kievan Rus founded Kyiv and the Grand duchy of Moscow. Yet these former Europeans are distinctly different, both(prenominal) physically and mentally than western sandwich Europeans.The easterly Steppe consisted of dissimilar Central Asian races such as the Tatars, the Mongols, the Ugurs, and the Turks, who work various regions of what would become the Russian Empire. One prognosis of the Russian Empire that always seemed to remain never-ending was its path of war furthere, whether it was defensive or conquering separate Empires. The Russian Empire always cherished to subjoin the size of their land for economic rea sons. 3The political philosophies of the Russian people and State constantly changed due to the daub that the Empire was in.The story of Russia is dramatic, ruthless, and most mportantly a failure. sniffy governments have ruled the Russian people, since the creation of Kyiv. 4Whether it was the Mongol Empire, the Grand Duchy of Moscow, the Russian Empire, The USSR, or the Russian Federation, all these governments oppressed their citizens. Peter the striking is an commutative thinker in the history of Russia, he byword Europe as the centre of knowledge and refinement in the world. He, unlike so many of his countrymen, wanted Russia to be fully incorporated in European society.The Kievan Rus were the first to settle Western Russia. 5They established their mpire some their capital of Kiev in the 9th century. The Kievan Rus expanded their empire both geographically and economically. They traveled long distances, stretchiness distant lands such as 6Central Asia, the Byzantine Emp ire, Western Europe, and the Arab world. Their empire expanded through various sections of Eastern Europe, in what is now Russia, Ukraine, and Belarus. Although they were masters of warfare and trade, intellectually, they were far behind Western Europe and the Arab world.Western Europeans viewed them as barbarians since they were not Christian and were constantly at war with whizz another. Since the creation of the Kievan Rus, there has been a constant mistrust between Russia and Western Europe. During the Middle Ages, Catholicism henpecked every aspect of Western European life. 7The Rus were largely pagans, believing in Nordic mythology. They remained pagan until 988, when Vladimir the Great baptized Kiev. Vladimirs embassies had consulted with the Muslims, Jews, Catholics, and the Orthodox Church.The staggering beauty of the Hagia Sophia astonish Vladimirs envoys, the church represented the power and beauty of the classic Orthodox Church. Vladimir then decided to convert Kiev, the argest metropolis in his Empire to Christianity. 8Politically, the Rus resembled Western Europe, except for the Papacy. The Monarchy of the Rus was tyrannical and there was very little freedom among the peasants. The Rus essential a system of feudalism that remained in Russia until the illume of the Tsars and the introduction of the Soviet Union.\r\n'