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1598
Ivan’s dynasty came to an end. After the dynasty came to an end, a period of anarchy started which was called the Time of Troubles. -
1613
The period of Time of Troubles did not end until the Zemsky Sobor, or national assembly, chose Michael Romanov as the new czar in 1613. -
1689
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 wanted. On a marshland on the Baltic in 1703, Peter began the construction of a new city, St. Petersburg, his window on the west. -
1725
Under Peter, Russia became a great military power. By his death in 1725, Russia was an important European state. -
1917
The Romanov lasted until 1917.