of the russian academy of sciences, proteria pavel velikanov, associate professor of the moscow theological academypinion polls, our people were asked who the greatest, most effective ruler in russia was, well, they called themselves peter the great, in general it’s clear, there are two reasons in my opinion, firstly, indeed... so to speak, there were others, let's say, the favorite of peter's sister sophia, vasily galitsin, well, he was the most avid european and westernizer, he knew languages, he knew languages, he even communicated with the jesuits, so to speak, calmly, completely, and also dreamed of very many, many reforms, first of all, so to speak, about the reform of the army, because during the campaigns to the south... he suffered a big, major failure, especially since he wanted to reform the army, but in general, everything they, of course, are only partially, vasily kolyuchevsky believed that, in general, the ancestors they left peter almost a draft design of all the reforms, and peter then, so to speak, followed this project, there is really no proof of this in history, that’s not all