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Ivan’s dynasty came to an end in 1598, it was known as Time of Troubles
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This period did not end until the Zemsky Sobor, or
national assembly, chose Michael Romanov as the new czar -
Peter the Great became czar. Peter was an absolutist monarch who claimed the divine right to rule
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Peter began the construction of a 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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By Peters death Russia was an important European state
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The Romanov dynasty lasted until now
