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.
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Also found in: Dictionary, Medical, Wikipedia. cosmetics, preparations externally applied to change or enhance the beauty of skin, hair, nails, lips, and eyes. painting, tattooing, or scarification (cutting or burning) of the body for ritual, esthetic, medicinal, magic, or religious purposes.