Russia-Age of Abosultism

By davisyoung

  • 1598

    Ivan's rule ended and the period of anarchy known as the Time of Troubles came after.

  • 1613

    Michael Romanov became the new czar.

  • 1689

    Peter the great became the new czar. Peter was an absolutist monarch who claimed the divine right to rule

  • 1703

    Peter began the construction of St. Peterburg.

  • 1725

    Russia was an important European State.