Ambitious military reforms of Peter 1

The foreign policy of Peter the Great was ambitious enough. The young Russian tsar yearned to conquer for his great empire an outlet to the seas, which do not freeze. In order to achieve these goals, and serious military reforms were carried out by Peter the Great, as a result of which a strong army was created. In Russia, under Petra, a regular army appears. According to legal data, the beginning of its construction was laid in 1699 - the military reforms of Peter. The tsar issued a decree in which the sources of the formation of the regiments were determined.
Hunters were recruited into the regiments, who were free subjects and received a salary of eleven rubles a year; Dacha people, who were called recruits and recruited from the peasants. The process of recruitment was determined by the military reforms of Peter the Great: from the monastic peasants with 25 households there was one recruit, noblemen who served in the civil service, from the 30 households of one recruit were supplied to the Russian army, and the noblemen-farmers who served in the army gave from 50 households One recruit.

During the period when the military reforms of Peter the Great 1 (1699-1725) were conducted, 53 recruitment kits were conducted. Recruits, as well as their children, who were born during the service in the royal army by their father, were released from serfdom. However, the fate of the recruit was a lifelong service in the army of Great Russia. On the left hand, each recruiter had a special stigma, indicating his fate. It is worth noting that they were given outfits and weapons, and they also underwent very serious military training.

Recruitment system of recruitment in the era of Peter the Great developed over the course of five years. By the end of the reign of the Russian Tsar, the Russian army had reached 318,000 troops. Soldiers and officers of the army were obliged to possess certain knowledge, to be proactive and disciplined. These conditions are an important condition in any army.

"Charter of the military" was issued in 1716 and remained unchanged for over 150 years. In accordance with this, soldiers must be executive and disciplined, and officers - independent and active. The military reforms of Peter the Great provided for the active training of officers for the Russian army. As a result, the Russian army has become one of the strongest in Europe. The Northern War became an indicator of this.

In addition, with the simultaneous creation of a regular Russian army, the construction of the Russian fleet was continued. By 1702 in Voronezh 23 galleys, 28 ships and a mass of small ships were built. True, the destiny of the Azov fleet was sad: some of the ships were sold to Turkey, and some were completely destroyed. However, already in 1703 a large Olonets shipyard was built on the Baltic Sea. In the Baltic to the very height of the Northern War, the Russian fleet consisted of 22 ships, five frigates and many small ships and boats. It is worth noting that by the end of Peter's rule the Russian fleet numbered thirty thousand people. That is why the military reforms of Peter the Great were both very timely and productive. Thanks to them, Russia was able to successfully complete the Northern War and gain access to the sea.