Absolute Russia

First Czar takes power

Nov 2, 1533

Ivan the terrible seizes power in Moscow

Ivan's wife dies

Nov 2, 1560

Ivan Loses his wife to disease

Ivan the Terrible kills his son

Nov 2, 1581

Ivans insanity becomes aparent

Ivan the terrible dies

Mar 18, 1584

Ivan dies of a heart atack while playing chess

Peter the great takes power

Nov 2, 1682

Peter the great replaces the former czar as leader of russia

St petersberg is founded

Nov 2, 1703

Peter the great founds St.petersberg

St.Petersberg causes a war with sweden

Nov 2, 1721

Peter the great dies

Nov 2, 1725

Russian czars decline

Nov 2, 1916

The end of Russian Monarchs

Nov 2, 1917

The Bolsheviks seize power in moscow and oust the Czars, ending russian absolutism