He's telling the men to wield forks and knives as well as weapons, and to adopt non-Russian customs, to bring them into Russia.

他叫人们要像熟练挥动武器一样来挥动刀叉,他把那些非俄国的习俗都引了进来,将他们带到了沙俄

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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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