What cultural movement influenced Peter the Great's modernization of Russia?
Renaissance
Baroque
Enlightenment
Romanticism
Answer
Peter the Great's modernization of Russia was heavily influenced by the Enlightenment, a cultural movement that emphasized reason, science, and individualism. His reforms replaced traditionalist and medieval systems with modern, scientific, and Westernized ones.
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