This political life came to be shared by a relatively large portion of the people and participation of political life was highly valued by the Greeks.

政治生活自诞生起,就被绝大多数的民众所分享,希腊人高度重视,政治生活的参与度

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He tries not only to copy European absolutism, but to open up Russia to commerce, realizing that trade meant wealth and that wealth meant improvements in the lives of the Russian people.

他不仅试图仿效欧洲的绝对主义,也开放了俄国的商业贸易,他意识到贸易意味着财富,而财富则等同于俄国民众生活水平的提高

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