How Did the Russian Tsar Peter the Great's Imposition of the Table

question 17

Multiple Choice

How did the Russian tsar Peter the Great's imposition of the Table of Ranks in 1722 affect Russian society?

• A) It divided the Russian nobility into compulsory military, administrative, and judicial service categories.
• B) It assigned a complex hierarchy to the Russian courtiers in his court as a means of regulating their frequently bloody competition for high office.
• C) It upset the fledgling entrepreneurial class in Russia, encouraging a damaging drain of talent to the West.
• D) It upset the leaders of the Russian Orthodox church, as it placed the tsar above the church patriarch in both secular and religious matters.

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