... It is surprising how views about one man could differ so drastically. It is easy to see how people's views of him can tip to either extreme when one looks at how evenly balanced the pros and cons of his reign were. He is viewed as a transformer of Russian society and a link between old and new Russia, but both of these characteristics can be taken in positive ... or negative ways. One popular view of Peter I is that he was a transformer of Russian society. When Peter ruled under the regency of Sophia, Peter's mother would send ... of Ivan Grozny, assuming the offensive."1 Russia came o...

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