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Ivan the Terrible's dynasty came to an end in 1598. The following period of anarchy was known as the Time of Troubles.
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The period of anarchy, TIme of Troubles, ended in 1613 when the Zemsky Sobor chose Michael Romanov as the new czar.
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In 1689 Peter the Great became czar. Like other Romanov
czars who came before him, Peter was an absolutist monarch who claimed the divine right to rule. -
After a long war with Sweden. Peter acquired the lands he
sought for. On a marshland on the Baltic in 1703, Peter began the construction of St. Petersburg, a new city. -
When Ivan the Terrible died in 1725 Russia became an important European state.
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The Romanov dynasty lasted until 1917.
