How did russia grow under peter the great and catherine the great

They both played very important roles in Russia's history.

Peter the Great

After winning the war to Sweden  he took a territory and that became "the window to the west" known at that time as the capital, St. Petersburg.

He had many of his military and navy men go abroad to receive a better education and later go back to Russia in order to apply that knowledge and build together a better and more modern place to live.

Catherine the Great

She had a very European influence, and had no hesitation to use this setmind by eliminating different things in her country, such as torture.

She also promoted higher education and gave the power to some social groups to make petitions to the government.

During her government the industrial and commercial area of Russia had the possibility to grow a great deal.

The port of the Black Sea was very important fro Russia in terms of commerce.

by 1880, germany had more rail lines than great britain and russia.

answer: both considered peasants valued members of society.

explanation: the ancient chinese and indian empires were large asian empires that had the same problems with other big empires, they had to work hard and sometimes fight in order to keep them united, they both relied heavily on their capacity to trade and to send strange and rare items to europe, and had the father as the head of the house hold in both societies, but they didn´t considered pleasants as valued members of their society, they were the bottom of the social pyramid in both of their societies.