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Ivan IV’s dynasty ends, and a period of anarchy known as the Time of Troubles followed.
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The Time of Troubles ended when the national assembly chose Michael Romanov as the new czar.
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Peter the Great became czar.
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A long and hard-fought war with Sweden enabled Peter to acquire the lands he sought. On a marshland on the Baltic, he began the construction of the new city, St. Petersburg, his window on the West St. Petersburg was finished during Peter’s lifetime and remained the Russian capital until 1918.
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Peter the Great died and Russia was an important European state.
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The Romanov dynasty ended.
