Absolutism in Eastern Euorpe

By Autumn_Elaine

  • Ivan IV

    When Ivan’s dynasty came to an end in 1598, a period of anarchy known as the Time of Troubles followed.

  • Zemsky Sobo

    This period did not end until the Zemsky Sobor, or national assembly, chose Michael Romanov as the new czar in 1613.

  • Peter The Great

    One of its most prominent members was Peter the Great. Peter the Great became czar in 1689

  • St. Petersburg

    On a marshland on the Baltic in 1703, Peter began the construction of a new city, St. Petersburg, his window on the West. St.

  • Peters Death.

    Under Peter, Russia became a great mil- itary power. By his death in 1725, Russia was an important European state.

  • The Romanov dynasty

    The Romanov dynasty lasted until 1917.