The Great Reforms of the Roman Empire

peter the great died in 17 25, and his death opened up another convoluted succession sis inside the roman off family that i am also not going to explain. Peter's niece, anna wound up reigning as empress from 17 30 to 17 forty. After her, elizabeth reinstated most of her father's programme, and then shepherded russia into the age of enlightenment. This early russian enlightenment was embodied by a renaissance man polymath named mihail lomanasof who spearheaded the compilation, regularization and formalization of the Russian language. And he also founded the first univers in russia, the university of moscow, in 17 55. The peasants were