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When Ivan’s dynasty came to an end in 1598, a period of anarchy known as the Time of Troubles followed.
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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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Peter the Great became czar in 1689.
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By the time Peter died in 1725, Russia was an important European state.
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On a marshland on the Baltic in 1703, Peter began the construction of a new city, St. Petersburg, his window on the West.
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The Romanov dynasty lasted until 1917.
