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 empire, which was a fitting title for the newest of European great powers monastery. He also symbolically brought back from Vladimir the remains of Alexander Nevski and put him in a fine new religious community in which he dedicated to his memory.

He also controlled religion. He got rid of the highest church office and built his own system to control the church. He extended the toleration to religious protestors and took land away from these monasteries. He even ordered the men to shave when the church favoured beards.

Peter saw himself as God-like. The fact that he was a Czar made him almost God-like and he used this authority to forcibly modernize the nation. He also saw him self as the prime servant of the nation. In the later years, he also accepted the title "emperor" and "the great" which put him above the rest.

He controlled nobility. He demanded state service from all his nobility and drafted them for life. He forced thousands and thousands of Russians to build St. Petersburg without pay. Also with the threat of execution, he forced thousands of Russian noblemen to build stone mansions on this new city.

Peter's plans also included heavy taxation. During wartime, taxation was unbearable and lead to civil wars (1705-1707). Also in efforts to pay for his wars, he placed taxes on coffins, on beehives, beards, bathhouses and everything else that didn't seemed to make money. He also with the help of the army, took six years to investigate and register all people who were taxab

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