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After the end of Ivan's dynasty in 1598 a state of a period of anarchy known as the Time of Troubles.
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The "Time of Troubles" ended when the Zemsky Sobor, or national assembly, chose Michael Romanov as the new czar.
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Peter the Great became czar in 1689.He ruled as an absolutist monarch who claimed the divine right to rule.
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On a marshland on the Baltic in 1703, Peter began the construction of a new city, known as St. Petersburg, his windo on the West St. Petersburg was finished during Peter’s lifetime and remained the Russian capital until 1918.
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By the end of Peters life in 1725, Russia was an important European state.
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The Romanov dynast lased until 1917
