Peter The Greats Cruelty and Its Effect on His Power
Peter the Greats reign over Russia paved the way for Russias future as a world power. ... The complexity of Peter is amazing, his curiosity, combined with his temper and cruelty caused a violent but successful reign as Csar. ... He established his absolute power by fiercely putting down rebellions, he even went as far as punishing his wife and children for not strictly obeying his rules. His cruelty and anger shown in his decisions gave him the power that allowed him to push Russia forward and allowed him to become the influential leader that he is known as today. ... His countless reforms and westernization of Russia left it a much stronger power in Europe. ... Peter used his army frequently during his reign, only one of the 36 years of his rule was without conflict.
Peters cruelty influenced many of his decisions concerning the Russian Military. ... Peter condemned thousands for execution and used torture not only as a means to get someone to confess, but also as a means of inflicting pain on those who had betrayed him. His power was shown even more greatly when he brought his own sister Sophia under questioning and confined her permanently to a convent that was heavily guarded, allowing no visitors.
Peters cruelty towards those who revolted against him allowed him to obtain an even greater amount of power in Russia. ... Peter was considered a giant in this time period with a towering height of 67. ... Peter abandoned his trip quickly and traveled back to Russia. While Peter was traveling back he heard good news, out of the four regiments that had revolted, 130 of the men had been executed and 1,860 were prisoners. Peter had been traveling abroad for over a year so there were many rumors about what might have happened to him. ... The Streltsii who had not been killed quickly surrendered and Peter was assured that not one had escaped. ... Perhaps he truly expressed his thoughts on power when he pronounced. Peter sought out all that had any negative feelings about his power and everyone was under suspicion.
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