Peter I built relationship between Russian and European

One of the interesting facts about Peter the Great that you may not know. Peter the Great introduced autocracy in Russia and played a major role in introducing his country to the European state system. His visits to the West impressed upon him the notion that European customs were in several respects superior to Russian traditions. Heavily influenced by his advisers from Western Europe, he reorganized the Russian army along modern lines and dreamed of making Russia a maritime power. He also commanded all of his courtiers and officials to wear European clothing and cut off their long beards, causing great upset among boyars, or the feudal elites. Those who sought to retain their beards were required to pay an annual beard tax of one hundred rubles.

Peter understands that to help Europeans and Russians connect, Russians must first look more 'European' so Russian businessmen, lawyers, and science students don't stand out in European cities. Europe with their costumes. So Peter ordered all citizens to wear European-style clothes. Peter also flooded Russia with foreigners coming to the country to work such as building ships, serving in the army, teaching science, and organizing business enterprises, factories and factories. At the same time, Peter sent a lot of Russians abroad to study, as he himself did in 1697-1698. But Peter didn't just make European friends, he challenged the most powerful European nation at the time, Sweden, in the Great Northern War.