Russia- age of absoloutism

By haleigh_mckenna

  • 1598

    1598
    Ivan IV became the first ruler to take the title of czar, the Russian word for caesar. Ivan expanded the territories of Russia eastward and also crushed the power of the Russian nobility, known as the boyars. He was known as Ivan the Ter- rible because of his ruthless deeds. Ivan’s dynasty came to an end in 1598.

  • 1613

    1613
    When Ivan’s dynasty came to an end in 1598, a period of anarchy known as the Time of Troubles came after. This period did not end until the national assembly chose Michael Romanov as the new czar in 1613.

  • 1689

    1689
    One of its most prominent members of the Romanov dynasty was Peter the Great. Peter the Great became czar in 1689. Like the other Romanov czars, Peter was an absolutist monarch who claimed the divine right to rule.

  • 1703

    1703
    War with Sweden enabled Peter to acquire the lands he sought. On a marshland on the Baltic in 1703, Peter began the construction of a new city, St. Petersburg.

  • 1725

    1725
    Peter the Great was especially eager to borrow European tech- nology. Under Peter, Russia became a great military power. By his death in 1725, Russia was an important European state.

  • 1917

    1917
    The Romanov dynasty lasted until 1917