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Peter The Great: An Absolute Leader

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“I have conquered an empire but I have not been able to conquer myself.”Peter the Great was an Absolute leader of Russia during the late 17th century. Peter the Great was an absolute leader, which is the principle or the exercise of complete and unrestricted power in government. Peter the Great can also be seen as a successful leader, which I define as when a leader or an government rules their term successful and it can cause the other people to boycott against the leader or the government. An example of a successful leader is Julius Caesar who was a leader in Rome and was assinated by the senators in Rome. Peter the Great once was a tall man that traveled throughout Europe and demanded a city to be built, that later on turned into a Russian …show more content…

Peter older brother took over his father's job when he passed away and Peter was by his side as the age of four ("Peter I." Britannica School). Peter was by his brother side since the age of four because his brother needed someone by his side and wanted to hand over his job to his brother since it was a family trend. Peter lived with his mother in Preobrazhenskoe and Peter was usually fearing for safety ("Peter I." Britannica School). Preobrazhenskoe is a village near Moscow, Russia and usually feared about safety. Peter feared for safety because he all pressure was on him since he was a young tsar and put all of his negative attitude on the Russian guardsmen. Peter also had a sister named Sophia and Sophia was made a regent, which is taking control of the government ("Peter I." Britannica School). Since Sophia was a regent, she could not have public appearance, since she took over the government and the government policy was that you can not have public appearances. Peter the Great was good at a lot of things but Geography was not a hit for him since he wanted to open up trade routes, so that Russia could get their name around and get objects that they needed but it was hard for Peter since know one did not support his idea (“Readings in European History,”). Know one supported Peter's idea because they felt that Russia

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