Confidence votes 29. He wanted to turn Russia into a great power. At the time when he became tsar, it was a a backwards, old-fashioned nation. He believed that Western Europe offered the best model for a progressive, modern, technologically advanced country.
makeup definition: The definition of makeup is forgiving. (adjective) An example of makeup used as an adjective is in the sentence, Give your friend a makeup handshake, which means to give your friend a handshake to show that the fight is over....
n. 1  1. The genetic makeup, as distinguished from the physical appearance, of an organism or a group of organisms. 2  2. The combination of alleles located on homologous chromosomes that determines a specific characteristic or trait. 3  3. A specific combination of alleles at one or more loci on a chromosome.