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1598
When Ivan’s dynasty came to an end in a period of anarchy known as the
Time of Troubles followed. This period did not end until the Zemsky Sobor, or
national assembly, chose
Michael Romanov
as the new czar in 1613. -
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1613
When Ivan’s dynasty came to an end in 1598, a period of anarchy known as the
Time of Troubles followed. This period did not end until the Zemsky Sobor, or
national assembly, chose
Michael Romanov
as the new czar in 1613. -
1689
One of its most prominent members was
Peter the Great.
Peter the Great became czar in 1689. Like the other Romanov
czars who preceded him, Peter was an absolutist monarch who claimed the
divine right to rule -
1703
A long and hard-fought war with Sweden enabled Peter to acquire the lands he
sought. On a marshland on the Baltic in 1703, Peter began the construction of a
new city,
St. Petersburg,
his window on the West. St. Petersburg was finished
during Peter’s lifetime and remained the Russian capital until 1918. -
1917
The Romanov dynasty lasted until 1917. One of its most prominent members was
Peter the Great.
Peter the Great became czar in 1689. Like the other Romanov
czars who preceded him, Peter was an absolutist monarch who claimed the
divine right to rule. -
1725
He was especially eager to borrow European tech- nology. Only this kind of
modernization could give him the army and navy he needed to make Russia a
great power. Under Peter, Russia became a great mil- itary power. By his death in
1725, Russia was an important European state.