Great Northern War

Great Northern War: The Clash between Two Titans European history has been filled with war, but none has caused quite the damage like the Northern Wars. The Northern Wars were a series of campaigns during the 16th century throughout the 18th century that would leave devastation in the northern regions of Europe. Throughout the series of wars that contributed to the mass destruction of property and wealth, none could be comparable to the destruction that the Great Northern war caused. During the beginning

The Battle of Poltava was part of the Great Northern war. This battle was between the Russians and the Swedes. The Battle of Poltava happened in 1709-1729. So this war lasted about 20 years. The Russians were dragged into this battle because the Swedes wanted more territory. Also that King Charles wouldn't accept the peace offering from the Russians (Peter) to not come near their country, but Charles wanted to invade St. Petersburg which was Peter’s new capital. This battle was important because

ingrained with a mentality characteristic of the Middle Ages to a new consciousness of modernization and increased westernization. This major shift in Russian history was the product of broad, deliberate reform, accredited to the reign of Peter the Great (1694-1725), which ushered in European art, literature, philosophy, and ideas of political organization and administration. Willingly accepted or not, large-scale government intervention was evident

Peter I the Great (1672-1725) is regularly used as a prime example of how effective leadership can play a vital role in the development of a country, Peter is also recognized for the role he played in advancing Russia into the European state system. Peter is seen as a revolutionary as he wanted to discard the old Muscovite Russia and completely modernize the state on both political and military grounds. Copious amounts of Peter’s ideological reforms emanated from the west. Peter learned by example

Saige Gitlin Philip II and Peter the Great Philip II of Spain (1527-1598) and Peter the Great of Russia (1672-1725) are both historic leaders that had a tremendous influence over the fate of each of their nations. Although from two different time periods, the impact of their decision making, and temperaments directly dictated and impacted the historical events of their individual countries. Being that both led during a time where the desire for power and absolutism in one’s country and throughout

the country and its people. Peter the Great of Russia, the greatest and most controversial of the Russian Czars, was responsible for the country’s emergence as a great power. Peter the Great pacified nobility, created a standing army, and increased the county’s revenue. Peter the Great kept his nobles under control by giving them jobs in the military and civil offices. The Russian army was then both enlarged and professionalized by Peter the Great. Peter the great also increased the country’s revenue

Karl XII: The Forgotten Tactician Who do you think of when you hear someone ask about who the great military tacticians in history are? Most people would think of Napoleon Bonaparte of France, Gaius Julius Caesar of Rome, Hannibal Barca of Carthage, Alexander the Great of Macedonia, Genghis Khan of Mongolia, Erich von Manstein of Germany, and Erwin Rommel of Germany. All of these tacticians are great and I would put many of them on my top list of tacticians and some as the very top. However there

The reign of Peter the Great has been a source of considerable historical debate for many contemporary and traditional historians. Especially, the transformation he made to Russian culture, politics and economic, which arguably changed the foundations of society. Thus, the interval of some three hundred years has allowed us to access Peter the Great 's reforms more accurately but we must consider that Russia during the late 17th century existed in different ethical and social circumstances to our

identity and essence of Russia was always in a state of question. As a result, Russia was constantly struggling to find it’s place within a global narrative. It was Russian philosopher Petr Chaadaev, who in 1829, wrote, “We do not belong to any of the great families of the human race. We are neither of the West nor of the East, and we have the traditions of neither.” It is a wonder that Chaadaev, in the years of such turbulent changes, was able to identify such metaphysical traits of the nation. But while

also meant a decline of workers, which had a devastating domino effect on industry and those manufacturers that supplied the war machines. This resulted in rapidly failing economies throughout the world which then ultimately birthed the complete shutdown of governments, and politicians turning their backs on their own people as they went into hiding. “By 2029, the great wars were already looking like they were beginning their death throes. Armies no longer had the manpower to keep fighting due to