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RUSSIA UNDER PETER THE GREAT. Share full article. June 16, 1878. Credit... The New York Times Archives. See the article in its original context from June 16, 1878, Page 4 Buy Reprints.

Vladimir Putin likened himself to the revered 17th century tsar, and drew parallels between his invasion of Ukraine and Peter the Great's quest to "reclaim" Russian lands from neighboring countries.

Any understanding of modern Russia really must go back 200 years to Peter the Great. More specifically, to his travels to the West from which he brought back to his motherland feats of science ...

Focusing on Hetman Ivan Mazepa’s alliance with Charles XII of Sweden during the Great Northern War, we trace how Russia, under Peter the Great, crushed the Cossack Hetmanate.

For a Russian tsar, Peter’s reputation is generally pretty good (maybe not “Great” really, but pretty good.) He is credited with modernizing Russia and making it a major European power.