During the reign of Romanov dynasty, the development of eastern Siberia, Russia, which is expanding to the Pacific Ocean, began.
Tsar Peter I radically reformed the Russian states, establishing an absolute monarchy led by the emperor, who even governed the church. He modernized the military and the education system, according to the Western model. At the mouth of the Neva, he founded the port city of St. Petersburg, which in 1712 was proclaimed the capital of Russia.
After Peter I, an era of revolutions and conspiracies and condemnation of emperors began. The longest reign of Anna and Elizabeth. The University of Moscow was founded during Elizabeth. During the Empress of Catherine the Great the development of America begins, Russia opens access to the Black Sea.
