Under the rule of Peter the Great, Russia's boyars:
A. gained power.
B. became the primary agents of modernization.
C. lost much of their power.
D. were exiled to Siberia.
E. launched two devastating insurrections.
C
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Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)
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