Peter the Great was born on 1672 and died in 1725. As a Russian leader, he is famous for transforming Russia into a leading European power. He had a power symbol to display his great supremacy. To further modernize Russia, he built a whole new capital of St. Petersburg. The new city was magnificent and had enormous cost in human lives and treasure and was named after himself. In 1712, he made it the chief city of his …showed first 75 words of 635 total…

…showed last 75 words of 635 total…into fifty provinces and founding a Senate to handle state financial, legal and administrative affairs. Moreover Government ministries were created to administer commerce, income, war, manufacturing and other activities. But every government plan had to be approved by Peter who was not willing to share the power. Peter the Great, for 32 years pushed to the path towards modernization. He was the Emperor of All Russia and basically had all the elements of an absolute monarch.