The transformation of patriarchal Russia into a European power is associated with the reforms of Peter I. He was a man of Iron Will and inexhaustible energy, deeply aware of the need for economic, military, state, and cultural transformations. Being a staunch supporter of absolutism, he stopped at nothing to achieve his goal. Peter led the country to a new Life, overcoming its centuries-old backwardness and the resistance of enemies. The novel is included in the collection Peter the Great (Volume 1)