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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 -
Michael Romanov as the new czar
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Peter the great became czar
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On a marshland on the Baltic in 1703, Peter began the construction of a new city called St. Petersburg
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By his death in
1725, Russia was an important European state -
The Romanov dynasty lasted until 1917