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Segment 18e: Conclusions.
章節18e：結語
1 All the kings men.
一，所有的國王都是男人
Peter the Great did not start the process of Westernizing Russia, but he certainly made it his greatest goal.
彼得大帝并沒有展開西化俄國的過程，但是他將其設為最高目標
Building the city of St. Petersburg and making it Russia's capital
建造圣彼得堡把它變成俄羅斯首都
signaled that Russia was not only a world power, but that it was a Western world power.
標志著俄羅斯不僅是一個世界強國，而且還是一個西式的世界強國
By destroying the Streltsy, Peter left the succession open to whichever Romanov could best win the imperial guard's support.
通過摧毀騎兵隊，彼得把自己的位子留給了任何一個能夠贏得帝國守衛支持的羅曼諾夫人
Among other things, this praetorian guard like body effectively gave Russia 70 years of rule by females.
關于其他事情，這種禁衛軍般的統治機制讓俄國經歷了70年的女性統治
Peter's immediate successors, Catherine the First, Anna, and Elizabeth,
彼得的直接繼承人葉卡捷琳娜一世，安娜和伊麗莎白
depended on Westerners or Westernized Russians of the male persuasion for guidance.
依靠西方男性或是西化的俄國男性進行統治
Catherine the Great, who had literally made herself into a Russian, would reverse this process by turning exclusively to Russian advisors.
葉卡捷琳娜女皇，原本成功將自己變成了俄國人，但是由于只接受俄國大臣的建議，她自己又逆轉了這個趨勢
But by this time, the court language was no longer Russian, but French!
到那個時候，法庭的語言已經不再是俄語而是法語!
While no Russian could deny the positive effects of Peter's decision to Westernize Russia in education, technology, and military technology to name just three things,
但是沒有一個人能夠否認彼得西化俄國的決策帶來的正面影響，比如在教育，科技，軍事技術等等方面的進步，
eventually it was believed that Peter had cost Russia an important part of her Slavic soul.
最后我們認為彼得大帝付出的代價就是削弱了俄國的斯拉夫傳統特色
