Короткий рассказ о Петре I на английском языке

Peter I, known as Peter the Great, was the last Russian Tsar and the first Emperor of the power state. The reign of Peter I was a time of great reforms for Russia. He expanded the territory of the country, greatly raised the country economy, founded a network of metallurgical and glass factories. Due to his reforms, Russias technical and economic backwardness from the European countries was overcome, access to the Baltic sea was conquered, and reforms in all spheres of Russian society were carried out. "He cut the window to Europe". The phrase from Pushkins poem " The Bronze horseman" fully characterizes the foundation by Peter I the city of St. Petersburg, the first seaport of the Russian state, and formation of the maritime power.