Almost certainly it was Peter the Great; he was the first great westward-looking tsar, defeated the Swedes (a fairly major power at the time led by a military genius of sorts) on the shore of the Baltic and founded St. Petersburg as his European capital.
Peter I (the Great) dragged Russia out of its medieval torpor and encouraged European learning and technology. By the time of his death, Peter had made Russia a world power.
Peter the Great.
England, Poland, and Russia stayed out of the 30 years war. They didn't have a dog in that fight.
Russia as they were dealing with the Bolshevik Revolution
Only the second wave was motivated by a need for natural resources for industrialization.
The United Kingdom, Spain, Portugal, and France were the major ones.
The North American Free Trade Area and the European Union.
Peter the Great
There are a variety of major landforms of Russia. These include the plains of European Russia, the west Siberian plains, the central Siberian Plateau, and the mountains of eastern Siberia.
Major rivers in the European part of Russia are the Don, the Kama, and a river called the Volga. In the Asian part of Russia, some of the major rivers are the Ob, the Yenisey, the Angara, and the Irtysh.
Lenin made Russia a major power
Russia, in the Russo-Japanese war of 1904-1905
It would be............... The Napoleonic Wars
The major land regions are the North European Plains, West Siberian Plain, Central Siberian Plateau, and the East Siberian Uplands.
The major land regions are the North European Plains, West Siberian Plain, Central Siberian Plateau, and the East Siberian Uplands.
The USA, Russia and China are 3, others are India, European Union, UK, and Japan.
Russia's major transportation is railroad's.
Great Britain.
Russia is not prepared to accept membership of the EU under the current conditions, which is as a junior partner, they want equal partnership. There are other EU stumbling blocks for Russia including economic and human rights issues. Russia is currently one of the major trading partners of the EU.