PETER'S TRANSFORMATIONS OF RUSSIA (BUSINESS, TRADE AND SOCIAL STRATIFICATION IN THE FIRST QUARTER OF THE XVIII CENTURY)
In the article the economic policy of the Russian state defined by Peter's radical reforms which allowed deducing the country from economic stagnation of the previous period is analyzed. The processes of industrial building, the development of domestic trade and the change of orientation of external one, the formation of a new class -Russian trade and industrial businessmen are shown.