SSC MTS EXAM

Detailed explanation-1: -He also implemented hardline social and cultural reforms to westernize the Russian elite. For example, the Russian nobility was forced to cut their traditional long beards and wear European-style dress. Peter intended all Russians to begin living and looking like Europeans.

Detailed explanation-2: -His social reforms included the requirement of Western fashion in his court (including facial hair for men), attempts to end arranged marriages, and the introduction of the Julian Calendar in 1700. One of Peter’s most audacious goals was reducing the influence of the boyars, or the feudal elite class.

Detailed explanation-3: -Peter the Great tried to protect the Russian economy in any way. He aimed that the amount of exported goods would overcome the amount of imported goods from the abroad. At the end of his rule, he achieved that goal. The amount of exported goods was double the amount of imported goods.