Absolutism in Eastern Europe

By kwilliams9

  • Time of Troubles 1598

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

  • Zemsky Sobor 1613

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

  • Peter the Great 1689

    Peter the Great 1689
    Peter the Great became czar in 1689.

  • Peter the Great Dies 1725

    Peter the Great Dies 1725
    By the time Peter died in 1725, Russia was an important European state.

  • St. Petersburg 1703

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

  • The Romanov Dynasty 1917

    The Romanov Dynasty 1917
    The Romanov dynasty lasted until 1917.