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.