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3 Decline of the Church's influence.
三，教会势力的衰落
The Orthodox Church's influence was at its high point during the reign of Mikhail,
东正教的势力在米哈伊尔掌权期间最盛
who's father, the Patriarch Filaret, effectively called the shots.
米哈伊尔的父亲，大牧首菲拉列特，成功操纵大局
But the Church's solidarity was shattered by Nikon's reforms and the rise of the old believers.
但是教会的团结被尼康的改革与旧传统的信仰者打破
Never again would a patriarch wield such power.
从此再没有一个大牧首能够拥有如此大的权利
One Eastern tradition Peter the Great was happy to keep was subjugating the Church to the State.
彼得大帝愿意保留的一个东方传统就是让教会顺服国家政权
By refusing to appoint a new Patriarch and ultimately handing the Holy Church over to a Holy Senate, which he himself appointed,
他拒绝任命新的大主教，最终将圣教会交给了神圣参议会，这些人是他亲自指派的
Peter kept the Orthodox Church from following its own natural path.
这样，彼得就让东正教会跟着他自己的步伐走了
The Church would not be permitted to grow intellectually alongside the modernized Russia Peter worked so hard to create!
他不允许教会与俄国一起向现代化发展，彼得真是太会打算盘了!
4 Go East, young Empire.
四，向东前进吧，年轻的帝国
Peter's crushing victory over the Swedes at Poltava in 1709 made Russia a world power.
彼得大帝1709年，在波尔塔瓦大胜瑞典，标志俄国成为了世界强国
But his next move, trying to grab the rich steppe land to the south from the Ottoman's, failed completely.
但是他的下一步就是从奥斯曼人手中夺取富饶的草原地区，最终以失败告终
