Russia - Age of Absolutism

By macyhanson

  • 1598

    1598
    Ivan’s dynasty came to an end, began a period of anarchy known as the Time of Troubles

  • 1613

    1613
    the Zemsky Sobor, or national assembly, chose Michael Romanov
    as the new czar, ended the Time of Troubles

  • 1689

    1689
    Peter the Great became czar

  • 1703

    1703
    on a marshland on the Baltic, Peter began the construction of a
    new city, St. Petersburg

  • 1725

    1725
    Peter the Great died, Russia was an important European state

  • 1917

    1917
    the Romanov dynasty ended