Military

Question 1

What was Peter I’s main focus?

Answer 1

Military

Question 2

What did Peter I’s given when he was age 11?

Answer 2

Real guns, Canons, Servants for his regiment

Question 3

What did Peter I’s create?

Answer 3

Prebrazhensky regiment and semonovsky guards

Question 4

What happened in July 1697?

Answer 4

3 months Amsterdam shipbuilding and 3 weeks gunnery prussioa

Question 5

What happened in 1696?

Answer 5

The Navy began to be built for Azov campaigns and the preobrazhensky set of uniform from masters.

Question 6

When was the 1st recruitment for Swedish war?

Answer 6

1699

Question 7

What happened to the 2nd azor in 1697?

Answer 7

got powerful sea flotillas built for the order of naval services in order of ranks
–> workmanship and quality of material was poor

Question 8

When was the push for miliatary reform and why?

Answer 8

1700
Battle of Narva

Question 9

What was army like in 1698 and how was it rectified?

Answer 9

Few skilled gunners and many foreign experts
(1702) recruiting only skilled foreign gunners

Question 10

How had army slightly improved in 1705?

Answer 10

Siege pieces used well but lacked training

Question 11

What was army self sufficient in 1709?

Answer 11

gunpowder and had over 15000 muskets

Question 12

When was the second conscription as serfs werent joining?

Answer 12

1705
Deserters: 1/3 hanged 2/3 flogged and sent to hard labour
Began ascribing whole villages

Question 13

How had church bells helped by 1701?

Answer 13

1/3 melted down and turned into canons

Question 14

Maritime reforms under Peter?

Answer 14

Couldnt beat foreign rivals
expensive + lacked knowledge
Peter attempted to reform again in 1723 but failed

Question 15

What did Peter do after 1716?

Answer 15

Wanted to reduce dependency on foreign experts
–> sacked incompetents
–> Most warships built by British builders

Question 16

How many foreing officers did Peter dismiss in 1711?

Answer 16

56

Question 17

What was the Military regulation?

Answer 17

(1716) laid organisation for whole army

Question 18

When and what was the war college?

Answer 18

(1719) replaced prikhazy and centralised administrative body

Question 19

When was Naval Academy intro.

Answer 19

1718

Question 20

WHen and what was Table of Ranks?

Answer 20

(1722) Rationalised and sytematic beaurocracy
–> advancement on merit and length og service

Question 21

What was army like at the end of Peter?

Answer 21

formidable force

Question 22

What was army like in 1756?

Answer 22

Largest European army w/ 320000
–> overshadowed faliure w/ TUrks and Crimea

Question 23

WHat was navy like in 1725?

Answer 23

32 ships + 16 frigates

Question 24

What was navy like in 1740’s?

Answer 24

20 ships and 14 frigates

Question 25

What was navy like in 1757?

Answer 25

27 ships and 14 frigates