Question

How did Catherine succeed where Peter the Great had failed?

Answer 1

Answer: Education Systems.

Explanation: Catherine was successful in education systems, where she was given the task of forming observation and analysis committees, achieving that education had a positive educational reform and that basic and secondary education was free and had more availability. Women of his time also benefited, as he was able to improve their quality of life and status in society. These actions were successful, compared to the educational reforms carried out by Peter The Great during his tenure, which were a resounding failure, wanting to implement an elementary school where students from all social strata could be, since their main opponents Staunch were the nobles and the clergy.

Answer 2

Both Peter the Great and Catherine the Great were rulers that, during their reigns, aimed at modernized Russia and at expanding its borders; and since Russia was a landlocked nation, both rulers aimed to gain a warm-water port on the Black Sea. With a warm-water port, Russia would have a port that was available all year-round, which was necessary for Russian commerce and sea-communications in Europe.

Under this task, Peter the Great fought the Ottoman Empire in order to gain the warm-water port and other territories but he was defeated. Several years later, Catherine succeeded to gain the warm-water port on the Black Sea and expand Russia's borders even more in one of the many Russo-Turkish wars.