Peter the great attempted to modernize Russia by

He improved Russian agriculture by introducing the potato, strengthened the Russian economy by importing skilled workers, and liberated Russian women by allowing them to appear in public without veils.

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the western roman empire flourished, but the eastern portion of the empire struggled.