Russia - Viewed By A Peasant

Our new ruler, Peter the Great has been so diligent and determined to correct the wrongs in Russia and fix what our last ruler left for him. Already he has implemented sweeping reforms that are specifically aimed at modernizing Russia. He has also introduced new taxes to fund improvements within the town of Saint Petersburg, which is slowly increasing in its unemployment and its poverty rate. He's proceeded to abolish land taxes and household taxes and replacing them with capitation. The new head taxes that he is beginning to introduce are in fact payable by serfs and peasants. It's extremely impressive how Peter the Great's main goal is to modernize and better the appearance, government, economy and politics of Russia. We are all living in immense poverty, yet with the new taxes, laws, and the new determined and optimistic attitude over the new "westernization" AND "modernization" of Russia, we might be slowly digging ourselves out of the hole we were viciously put in.