Russia -Age of Abolitionism

By Morgan_Leigh

  • 1598

    1598
    a period of anarchy known as the
    Time of Troubles followed. This period did not end until the Zemsky Sobor, or national assembly,chose Michael Romanov as the new czar in 1613..

  • 1613

    1613
    Michael Romanov as the new czar in 1613

  • 1689

    1689
    Peter the Great became czar

  • 1703

    1703
    A long and hard-fought war with Sweden enabled Peter to acquire the lands he sought. On a marshland on the Baltic

  • 1725

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

  • 1917

    1917
    The Romanov dynasty lasted until 1917