In an effort to Westernize his nobility, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tsar" id="mwQA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Tsar">Tsar</a> <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_I_of_Russia" id="mwQQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Peter I of Russia">Peter I of Russia</a> imposes a tax on beards for all men except the clergy and peasantry.