Art and Science
After Peter got back from his 18 month tour of Europe and the Netherlands, he fell in love with the style and look of the Western European civilizations. When he got back to Russia his main goal was to modernize Russia and make it exactly like Western Europe. He learned the importance of science and math and opened a school of science in St. Petersburg.
Vasily Surikov
Vasily Surikov is considered Russia's greatest historical painter. Vasily wasn't alive during the time period of Peter the Greats ruling, but in the 19th century he painted many canvases of Russian history like the reformation of the church in the 17th century and Peter the Greats reforms in the 18th century.
Painting of Bronze Horseman, Peter I