Russia - Age of Absolutism

By colechasteen
  • 1598

    1598

    Ivan the Terrible dynasty came to an end, a period of anarchy known as the Time of Troubles followed.
  • 1613

    1613

    The period of Time of Troubles Zemsky Sobor, or national assembly, chose Michael Romanov as the new czar.
  • 1689

    1689

    Peter the Great became czar in 1689.
  • 1703

    1703

    Peter began the construction of a new city,St. Petersburg,his window on the West.
  • 1725

    1725

    Russia was an important European state. Peter the Great died.
  • 1917

    1917

    The Romanov dynasty lasted until 1917.