Rusia- Age of Absolutism

By hydenjehle123

  • 1598

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

  • 1613

    1613
    Michal Romanov did not start until Ivan's dynasty ended. Times of trouble did not end until the Zemsky Sobor, or national assembly, chose Michael Romanov as the new czar in 1613. The Romanov dynasty lasted until 1917,

  • 1689

    1689
    Peter the Great became czar in 1689. Like the other Romanov czars who preceded him, Peter was an absolutist monarch who claimed the divine right to rule. A few years after becoming czar, Peter made a trip to the West.

  • 1703

    1703
    A long and hard-fought war with Sweden enabled Peter to acquire the lands he sought. On a marshland on the Baltic in 1703, Peter began the construction of a new city, St. Petersburg, his window on the West. St. Petersburg was finished during Peter’s lifetime and remained the Russian capital until 1918.

  • 1725

    1725
    Peter was especially eager to borrow European technology. Only this kind of modernization could give him the army and navy he needed to make Russia a great power. Under Peter, Russia became a great military power. By his death in 1725, Russia was an important European state.

  • 1917

    1917
    The Romanov dynasty lasted until 1917.