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With his hard charging energy, Peter literally dragged his nation with him into 18th century European life.
由于他強有力的領導，彼得大帝幾乎是將整個國家生拉硬拽到了18世紀的歐洲生活
On territory which he and his modernized army captured from the Swedes,
關于領土，他依靠瑞典的戰俘建立了現代化軍隊
he built Russia's window on the Baltic Sea, the beautiful city of St. Petersburg.
他在波羅的海上建造了"俄羅斯之窗"，那就是美麗的圣彼得堡
But visionary as he was, Peter did not foresee the chaos which would follow his death,
但是即使是像他這樣遠見卓識，彼得也無法預見他死后所發生的一系列動亂
or he would have bothered to provide for a successor.
也不知道他將給自己的繼承人帶來那么多麻煩
For nearly all the rest of the 18th century, Russia was ruled by females.
幾乎是18世紀所有剩下的日子里，俄羅斯都是由女性掌權
The first three of these woman to rule
前三個女性執政者
were usually content to let their friends and advisors of the male persuasion run the government while they had fun!
還能讓她們的男性朋友或是男性大臣管理政府，而她們自己成日玩樂
The fourth woman to come to the Russian throne was Catherine the Great.
第四個執政的女人是葉卡捷琳娜女皇
And she was fully Peter's equal.
與彼得大帝齊名
Segment 18d: Russia as European Power
章節18d：成為歐洲強國的俄羅斯帝國
provides a snapshot of Russia's early days as a European power.
這一章給我們描繪了俄羅斯成為歐洲強國的早期縮影
Assessing Peter's influence on Russian life for good and for bad and for exam questions!
我們還會評價彼得大帝對俄羅斯的正面和負面影響，還會討論考試的問題
For example, many of the great and necessary cultural advances that Peter promoted
比如說，彼得大帝推動了很多偉大和必要的文化進步
such as the building of St. Petersburg itself came literally out of the peasants' hides.
比如逼迫大批農民勞動建立了美麗的圣彼得堡
But Peter did not just look westward to Europe.
但是彼得大帝不僅僅是向西看到了歐洲
To the south, Peter tried but failed to get his hands on the rich farmlands of modern day Ukraine.
在南邊，彼得大帝也嘗試掠奪當今烏克蘭的一些富裕農村，但是以失敗告終
