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__**Peter the Great**__ Peter the Great, an absolute ruler and a Russian Tsar, Reformed Russia and was rightfully credited for bringing Russia out of the tough middle ages. Peter did such a good job that after he died he ultimately left Russia as a leading eastern European state. Peter the Great created st. Petersburg and there he centralized the government, reformed the church, created a navy, and vastly increased the subjugation and subjection of Peasants. However, Peter was mostly recognized for his military reforms such as the modernization of his army. I addition, he used his domestic policy to allow him to successfully execute an aggressive foreign policy.