Absolutism in Eastern Europe

Ivan IV

Oct 9, 1598

This is the year Ivan's dynasty came to an end. The pieriod of anarchy known as the Time Of Troubles followed.

A new czar

Oct 9, 1613

Zemsky Sobor or national assembly, chose Micheal Romanov as the new czar.

Peter The Great

Oct 10, 1689

Peter The Great became king. He was an absolute monarch and claimed the divine right to rule.

St. Petersburg

Oct 10, 1703

Peter began the construction of a new city, St. Petersburg

Peter The Great

Oct 10, 1725

Peter The Great died.

Romanov Dynasty

Oct 10, 1917

The Romanov dynasty ended.