Absolutism in Eastern Europe

By Hannahbanana99

  • 1598

    Ivan the Terrible dynasty came to an end.

  • 1613

    The national assembly, chose Michael Romanov as the new Czar.

  • 1689

    Peter the Great became czar

  • 1703

    Peter began the construction of a new city, St. Petersburg, his window on the West. St. Petersburg was finsihed during Perter's lifetime and remained the Russian capital until 1918.

  • 1725

    Russia was an important European state.

  • 1917

    One of its most prominent members was Peter the Great.