1600's
1689
- Peter the Great came to power and adopted the policy of westernization which accepted Western ideas, technology, and culture
- Peter wanted to strengthen Russia's military, expand Russia's borders, and centralize royal power
- Peter pushed through social and economic reforms with autocracy
- Peter the Great came to power and adopted the policy of westernization which accepted Western ideas, technology, and culture
- Peter wanted to strengthen Russia's military, expand Russia's borders, and centralize royal power
- Peter pushed through social and economic reforms with autocracy
1700's
1700
- Peter the Great went to war with the Kingdom of Sweden
- Sweden at the time dominated the Baltic Region
- Peter rebuilt his army and remodeled it after European armies
1709
- Defeated the Swedish and won the territory along the Baltic Sea
- Build new capital of St. Petersburg
1725
- Peter the Great died in 1725
- Catherine the Great took the throne
1772
- Catherine, King Fredrick of Prussia, and Emperor Joseph of Austria divided up Poland
- Catherine took parts of Eastern Poland
1774
- Catherine waged the Russo-Turkish war on the ottoman empire and gained Black Sea port
- Peter the Great went to war with the Kingdom of Sweden
- Sweden at the time dominated the Baltic Region
- Peter rebuilt his army and remodeled it after European armies
1709
- Defeated the Swedish and won the territory along the Baltic Sea
- Build new capital of St. Petersburg
1725
- Peter the Great died in 1725
- Catherine the Great took the throne
1772
- Catherine, King Fredrick of Prussia, and Emperor Joseph of Austria divided up Poland
- Catherine took parts of Eastern Poland
1774
- Catherine waged the Russo-Turkish war on the ottoman empire and gained Black Sea port
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1800's
1887
- Czar Alexander III dies of sudden illness and his son Nicholas II becomes Russian Ruler
1895
- Lenin is arrested, kept in solitary confinement and then exiled to Siberia for 3 years
1896
- Nicholas II is crowned Czar of Russia
- Czar Alexander III dies of sudden illness and his son Nicholas II becomes Russian Ruler
1895
- Lenin is arrested, kept in solitary confinement and then exiled to Siberia for 3 years
1896
- Nicholas II is crowned Czar of Russia