Impact of the reforms of Peter the Great on the everyday life of Russia in the late 17th and the early 18th centuries in modern Russian historiography

The article is devoted to influence of the reforms of Peter the Great on the everyday life of Russia at the turn of the 17th and the 18th centuries in modern Russian historiography. It examines the post-Soviet period’s generalising works on the era of Peter the Great, as well as special studies on specific areas of everyday life and the daily routine of certain groups of the population (based on gender or profession) and regions. The author concludes that, despite high interest of modern historical science in the issues of everyday life in various eras, that particular topic has been studied only partially in relation to the time of Peter the Great. Peter’s reforms in everyday life have been addressed by many authors, but there is only one major study in modern Russian historiography (by Viktor Naumov) that specifically focuses on the daily life of Peter the Great and his closest associates. Of the various aspects of everyday life, the attention of modern authors is primarily attracted by the norms of behaviour of Russians and their transformation during Peter’s transformations. In historiography, the theme of the daily life of individual estates (first of all, the bureaucracy) is developed. Compared to other regions, more attention is paid to the daily life of St. Petersburg during the era of Peter the Great.