Side note: "Tsar Peter I (also known as “the Great,” although the appropriateness of that moniker is one of the most debated questions of Russian history)"
I don't think very many people dispute Peter's moniker, except for total haters. Even if you think his influence was on the whole negative, you have to admit that it was very, very large and that the changes he made were profound (though they may have been continuations of movements started by his predecessors). He may not have been great in the sense of having a positive influence, but he was great like the Great Barrier Reef.
I don't think very many people dispute Peter's moniker, except for total haters. Even if you think his influence was on the whole negative, you have to admit that it was very, very large and that the changes he made were profound (though they may have been continuations of movements started by his predecessors). He may not have been great in the sense of having a positive influence, but he was great like the Great Barrier Reef.