Peter the Great ruled Russia from 1689 until 1725. Peter moved the capital from Moscow to a new city named Saint Petersburg. He made Russian society more modern in many ways. For example, his inspectors shaved off the beards of passers-by. The government began building ships for the Russian navy.
p iː t ə ɹ WORD_BOUNDARY ð ə WORD_BOUNDARY ɡ ɹ eɪ t WORD_BOUNDARY ɹ uː l d WORD_BOUNDARY ɹ ʌ ʃ ə WORD_BOUNDARY f ɹ ʌ m WORD_BOUNDARY w ʌ n WORD_BOUNDARY θ aʊ z ə n d WORD_BOUNDARY s ɪ k s h ʌ n d ɹ ɪ d WORD_BOUNDARY eɪ t i WORD_BOUNDARY n aɪ n WORD_BOUNDARY ʌ n t ɪ l WORD_BOUNDARY w ʌ n WORD_BOUNDARY θ aʊ z ə n d WORD_BOUNDARY s ɛ v ə n h ʌ n d ɹ ɪ d WORD_BOUNDARY t w ɛ n t i WORD_BOUNDARY f aɪ v WORD_BOUNDARY p iː t ə ɹ WORD_BOUNDARY m uː v d WORD_BOUNDARY ð ə WORD_BOUNDARY k æ p ɪ t ə l WORD_BOUNDARY f ɹ ʌ m WORD_BOUNDARY m ɑ s k oʊ WORD_BOUNDARY t ʊ WORD_BOUNDARY ʌ WORD_BOUNDARY n uː WORD_BOUNDARY s ɪ t i WORD_BOUNDARY n eɪ m d WORD_BOUNDARY s eɪ n t WORD_BOUNDARY p iː t ə ɹ z b ɜː ɡ WORD_BOUNDARY h iː WORD_BOUNDARY m eɪ d WORD_BOUNDARY ɹ ʌ ʃ ə n WORD_BOUNDARY s ə s aɪ ə t i WORD_BOUNDARY m ɔ ɹ WORD_BOUNDARY m ɑ d ə ɹ n WORD_BOUNDARY ɪ n WORD_BOUNDARY m ɛ n i WORD_BOUNDARY w eɪ z WORD_BOUNDARY f ɔ ɹ WORD_BOUNDARY ɛ ɡ z æ m p ə l WORD_BOUNDARY h ɪ z WORD_BOUNDARY ɪ n s p ɛ k t ə ɹ z WORD_BOUNDARY ʃ eɪ v d WORD_BOUNDARY ɔ f WORD_BOUNDARY ð ə WORD_BOUNDARY b ɪ ɹ d z WORD_BOUNDARY ʌ v WORD_BOUNDARY p æ s ə ɹ z b aɪ WORD_BOUNDARY ð ə WORD_BOUNDARY ɡ ʌ v ə ɹ n m ə n t WORD_BOUNDARY b ɪ ɡ æ n WORD_BOUNDARY b ɪ l d ɪ ŋ WORD_BOUNDARY ʃ ɪ p s WORD_BOUNDARY f ə ɹ ð ə WORD_BOUNDARY ɹ ʌ ʃ ə n WORD_BOUNDARY n eɪ v i WORD_BOUNDARY