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3 Decline of the Church's influence.
三，教會勢力的衰落
The Orthodox Church's influence was at its high point during the reign of Mikhail,
東正教的勢力在米哈伊爾掌權期間最盛
who's father, the Patriarch Filaret, effectively called the shots.
米哈伊爾的父親，大牧首菲拉列特，成功操縱大局
But the Church's solidarity was shattered by Nikon's reforms and the rise of the old believers.
但是教會的團結被尼康的改革與舊傳統的信仰者打破
Never again would a patriarch wield such power.
從此再沒有一個大牧首能夠擁有如此大的權利
One Eastern tradition Peter the Great was happy to keep was subjugating the Church to the State.
彼得大帝愿意保留的一個東方傳統就是讓教會順服國家政權
By refusing to appoint a new Patriarch and ultimately handing the Holy Church over to a Holy Senate, which he himself appointed,
他拒絕任命新的大主教，最終將圣教會交給了神圣參議會，這些人是他親自指派的
Peter kept the Orthodox Church from following its own natural path.
這樣，彼得就讓東正教會跟著他自己的步伐走了
The Church would not be permitted to grow intellectually alongside the modernized Russia Peter worked so hard to create!
他不允許教會與俄國一起向現代化發展，彼得真是太會打算盤了!
4 Go East, young Empire.
四，向東前進吧，年輕的帝國
Peter's crushing victory over the Swedes at Poltava in 1709 made Russia a world power.
彼得大帝1709年，在波爾塔瓦大勝瑞典，標志俄國成為了世界強國
But his next move, trying to grab the rich steppe land to the south from the Ottoman's, failed completely.
但是他的下一步就是從奧斯曼人手中奪取富饒的草原地區，最終以失敗告終
