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The reason behind document 2 is to show how far Peter the Great was willing to go to Westernize and Modernize Russia. He gave the nobility a choose to ether cut there beard or pay a tax which was demanded of from the nobility.

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The purpose of the Life of Peter the Great is to show how Peter made people pay taxes to keep their beard for not following Peter's western style.

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J- The Historical Context is The Tsar tried to reform the Russians customs of having long beards and short hair except the Ecclesiatics. They started making them pay to keep their customs, they added this incentive to make the Russians go away with their customs and modernize.

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J- The Historical Context of excerpt 1 is that Peter is trying to westernize the nobles. Westernize=Modernize

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P - This point of view comes from a French Huguenot writer, Jean Rousset de Missy, who wrote about how life has changed under the rule of Peter the Great.

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The purpose of the text, Life of Peter the Great, was to not only to show the shift of social life from Peter the Great modernizing and westernizing Russia but to also point out the grievances of his reforms for the people. Many thought that their beards were apart of religion and took great pride in them. Therefore, this document points out the controversy surrounding Peter and if he was a great or terrible ruler.

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Purpose: The main purpose of the text was to emphasize how Peter the Great is Westernizing and Modernizing Russia. By changing how they dress and forbid Russian goods to be manufactured.

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historical context: In Peter the Great's attempt to modernize Russia, he made the nobility shave their beards. If the nobility decided that they did not want to shave it, they were forced to pay taxes to their beards. However, many old Russians did not agree with Peter the Great's order.

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The purpose of document 2 was to inform us about how peter wanted to bring another culture to his country

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H- During the ruling of Peter the Great he wanted to Westernize and Modernize Russia. By doing so Peter required nobles to cut their beard short and  wear certain clothing.

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The historical context of this text is that Peter the Great wanted to reform the Russian to be more European. He had such a good expression of Europeans that he brought the culture back to his country in one of those ways was cutting their beards. Having a long beard was one of the cultures in Russia but not in Europe, therefore he declared people cut their beards or pay a tax every year to keep their beard like the text says. In which angered the Russians.

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H: Peter the Great admire western style, so he sail to Western Europe to seek advice and inspiration. He came back to Russia fully determined to westernize and modernize Russia.

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The purpose in document 2 was to show just how far Peter went in his attempt to modernize/ westernize. He even made people pay a tax in order to keep their beards (crazy)

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Purpose:the purpose of this text is to inform us about why the tsar was viewed as a tyrant by the people. It informs us how the people responded to his new orders, such as cutting off their beards. The old generation was afraid they would not be allowed into heaven, meanwhile the new generation was pleased as it made them look more agreeable to fair sex

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The purpose of this document is to highlight the extent Peter the Great went to modernize/westernize Russia. Inevitably he chose to place a tax on those who did not shave their beards highlighting one reason many Russians deemed him a tyrant.

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historical context: Under the reign of Peter the Great, he traveled to the americas and when he returned he attempted to make his place more westernized and modernized just like what he had previously seen.

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The point of view is from an absolutist monarch, Peter the Great, who wanted to centralize and westernize Russia. As seen in the document "Decree on Wearing Western-Style," Peter was a fan of western Europe, so he wanted to modernize Russia by bringing in the new styles. With the modernization of Russia, power and influence would also tail along.

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H - Peter the Great began to westernize Russia by requiring nobles to shave their beards and wear western clothing because he was influenced by western European principles.

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The historical context was Westernizing Russia in 1701, Peter changed the style of the nobles.

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The historical context of the first document is Peter wanted to westernize Russia. He wanted to make a dress code.

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When Peter the Great was westernizing/modernize he decided to tax all males that did not shave their beards in order to reform that custom. As a result the Tsar was regarded as a tyrant and a pagan.

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A: The first document is address all people in Russia on what they should wear in a attempt to modernize them. For example Peter states that the specific attire people  should wear is upper dress shall be of French or Saxon cut, and the lower dress… - waistcoat, trousers, boots, shoes, and hats – shall be of the German type. This is important because it shows how Peter really wanted to modernize his nation and his people.

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Audience: The text is trying to tell nobility what changes are going on as Peter the Great attempts to westernize/modernize them.

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The historical context to the “Decree on Wearing Wetern-Style” are found from Peter the Great’s intentions of attempting to modernize/westernize Russia. Peter the Great was highly influenced and motivated by his advisers from Wester Europe leading to him to want to implement many of Western Europe’s culture and technology.

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historical context: During the reign of Peter the Great, his goal was to westernize/modernize Russia. To do so, he changed the way the nobles dressed to make them appear like a more modernized society.