History of Russia PDF generated using the open source mwlib toolkit. See http://code.pediapress.com/ for more information. PDF generated at: Sat, 12 Feb 2011 15:24:03 UTC Contents Timeline of Russian history 1 History of Russia 24 Grand Duchy of Moscow 54 Tsardom of Russia 58 Time of Troubles 68 Russian Empire 72 1905 Russian Revolution 89 1917 Russian Revolution 96 Russian Civil War 113 Early history of the Soviet Union 128 History of the Soviet Union 133 World War II: The Eastern Front 133 Cold War 162 Soviet Russia during the Cold War 196 Dissolution of the Soviet Union 200 History of post-Soviet Russia 207 References Article Sources and Contributors 224 Image Sources, Licenses and Contributors 229 Article Licenses License 233 Timeline of Russian history 1 Timeline of Russian history WARNING: Article could not be rendered - ouputting plain text. Potential causes of the problem are: (a) a bug in the pdf-writer software (b) problematic Mediawiki markup (c) table is too wide This is a timeline of Russian history. To read about the background to these events, see History of Russia. See also the list of leaders of Russia.This timeline is incomplete; some important events may be missing. Please help add to it.#9th century9th – #10th century10th – #11th century11th – #12th century12th – #13th century13th – #14th century14th – #15th century15th – #16th century16th – #17th century17th – #18th century18th – #19th century19th – #20th century20th – #21st century21st9th century Year Date Event 852 The year when the timeline of the Primary Chronicle starts. 859 Veliky NovgorodNovgorod is mentioned for the first time. 862 Rus'–Byzantine War (860): military expedition of the Rus' Khaganate.The Arrival of Varyags: Rurik comes to rule in Novgorod, establishing the Rurikid Dynasty. The event is traditionally considered the beginning of the Russian statehood. 882 Oleg of Novgorod conquers Kiev and moves the capital there. 10th century Year Date Event 907 Rus'-Byzantine War (907): Oleg of NovgorodOleg led an army to the walls of Constantinople.Rus'-Byzantine War (907): A Rus'-Byzantine Treaty (907)Rus'-Byzantine Treaty allowed Kievan Rus'Rus' merchants to enter the city under guard. 912 Oleg of NovgorodOleg died and was succeeded by Igor, Grand Prince of KievIgor, who may have been Rurik's son. 941 May Rus'-Byzantine War (941): A Kievan Rus'Rus' army landed at Bithynia. September Rus'-Byzantine War (941): The Byzantine EmpireByzantines destroyed the Kievan Rus'Rus' fleet. 945 Rus'-Byzantine War (941): Another Rus'-Byzantine Treaty (945)Rus'-Byzantine Treaty was signed. Kievan Rus'Rus' renounced some Byzantine EmpireByzantine territories.Igor, Grand Prince of KievIgor died; his wife Olga of KievOlga became regent of Kievan Rus' for their son, Sviatoslav I of KievSviatoslav I. 963 Olga of KievOlga's regency ended. 965 Sviatoslav I of KievSviatoslav conquered Khazaria. 968 Siege of Kiev (968): The Pechenegs besieged Kiev. A Kievan Rus'Rus' general created the illusion of a much larger army, and frightened them away. 969 8 July Sviatoslav I of KievSviatoslav moved the capital from Kiev to Pereyaslavets in Bulgaria. 971 The Byzantine Empire captured Pereyaslavets. The capital moved back to Kiev. 972 Sviatoslav I of KievSviatoslav was killed by the Pechenegs during an expedition on their territory. His son Yaropolk I of KievYaropolk I succeeded him. 980 Yaropolk I of KievYaropolk was betrayed and murdered by his brother Vladimir I of KievVladimir I, The Great, who succeeded him as Prince of Kievan Rus'Kiev. 981 Vladimir I of KievVladimir conquered Red Ruthenia from the PolandPoles. 988 Christianization of Kievan Rus': Vladimir I of KievVladimir destroyed the pagan idols of Kiev and urged the city's inhabitants to baptize themselves in the Dnieper River.11th century Year Date Event 1015 Vladimir I of KievVladimir died. He was succeeded by Sviatopolk I of KievSviatopolk I, who may have been his biological son by the rape of Yaropolk I of KievYaropolk's wife. Sviatopolk ordered the murder of three of Vladimir's younger sons. 1016 Yaroslav I the WiseYaroslav I, another of Sviatopolk I of KievSviatopolk's brothers, led an army against him and defeated him, forcing him to flee to Kingdom of Poland (1025–1138)Poland. 1017 Yaroslav I the WiseYaroslav issued the first Russian code of law, the Russkaya Pravda. 1018 Kiev Expedition (1018)Polish Expedition to Kiev: Sviatopolk I of KievSviatopolk led the Kingdom of Poland (1025–1138)Polish army into Kievan Rus'Rus'. Red Ruthenia returned to Polish possession. 14 August Polish Expedition to Kiev: The Kingdom of Poland (1025–1138)Polish army captured Kiev; Yaroslav I the WiseYaroslav fled to Velikiy NovgorodNovgorod. 1019 Yaroslav I the WiseYaroslav defeated Sviatopolk I of KievSviatopolk and returned to the princedom of Kievan Rus'Kiev. He granted autonomy to Novgorod RepublicNovgorod as a reward for her prior loyalty. Sviatopolk died. 1024 Rus'-Byzantine War (1024): A Kievan Rus'Rus fleet was annihilated by the Byzantine EmpireByzantines near Timeline of Russian history 2 the island of Lemnos. 1030 Yaroslav I the WiseYaroslav reconquered Red Ruthenia from the Kingdom of Poland (1025–1138)Poles. 1043 Rus'-Byzantine War (1043): Yaroslav I the WiseYaroslav led an unsuccessful naval raid on Constantinople. According to the peace settlement, Yaroslav's son Vsevolod I of KievVsevolod I married a daughter of the Byzantine EmpireByzantine emperor Constantine IX MonomachosConstantine Monomachos. 1054 Yaroslav I the WiseYaroslav died. He was succeeded by his eldest son, Iziaslav I of KievIziaslav I. 1068 Iziaslav I of KievIziaslav was overthrown in a popular uprising and forced to flee to Kingdom of Poland (1025–1138)Poland. 1069 Iziaslav I of KievIziaslav led the Kingdom of Poland (1025–1138)Polish army back into Kiev and reestablished himself on the throne. 1073 Two of Iziaslav I of KievIziaslav's brothers, Sviatoslav II of KievSviatoslav II and Vsevolod I of KievVsevolod I, overthrew him; the former became prince of Kievan Rus'Kiev. 1076 27 December Sviatoslav II of KievSviatoslav died. Vsevolod I of KievVsevolod I succeeded him, but traded the princedom of Kievan Rus'Kiev to Iziaslav I of KievIziaslav in exchange for Chernigov. 1078 Iziaslav I of KievIziaslav died. The throne of Kievan Rus'Kiev went to Vsevolod I of KievVsevolod. 1093 13 April Vsevolod I of KievVsevolod died. Kievan Rus'Kiev and Chernigov went to Iziaslav I of KievIziaslav's illegitimate son, Sviatopolk II of KievSviatopolk II. 26 May Battle of the Stugna River: A Russian army attacked the Cumans at the Stuhna RiverStugna River and was defeated.12th century Year Date Event 1113 16 April Sviatopolk II of KievSviatopolk died. He was succeeded by Vsevolod I of KievVsevolod's son, his cousin, Vladimir II Monomakh. 1125 19 May Vladimir II MonomakhVladimir died. His eldest son, Mstislav I of KievMstislav I, succeeded him. 1132 14 April Mstislav I of KievMstislav died. His brother Yaropolk II of KievYaropolk II followed him as prince of Kievan Rus'Kiev. 1136 Novgorod RepublicNovgorod expelled the prince appointed for them by Kievan Rus'Kiev and vastly circumscribed the authority of the office. 13th century Year Date Event 1223 Battle of the Kalka River: The warriors of Russia first encountered the Mongol EmpireMongol armies of Genghis Khan. 1227 Boyar intrigues forced Mstislav the BoldMstislav, the prince of Novgorod RepublicNovgorod, to give the throne to his son-in-law Andrew II of Hungary. 1236 Alexander Nevsky was summoned by the Novgorodians to become Grand Prince of Novgorod RepublicNovgorod and, as their military leader, to defend their northwest lands from Swedish and German invaders. 1237 December Mongol invasion of Rus: Batu Khan set fire to Moscow and slaughtered and enslaved its civilian inhabitants. 1240 15 July Battle of the Neva: The Novgorod RepublicNovgorodian army defeated a Swedish invasion force at the confluence of the Izhora RiverIzhora and Neva Rivers. 1242 5 April Battle of the Ice: The army of Novgorod RepublicNovgorod defeated the invading Teutonic Knights on the frozen surface of Lake Peipus. 1263 14 November Alexander NevskyNevsky died. His appanages were divided within his family; his youngest son Daniel of MoscowDaniel became the first Prince of Moscow. His younger brother Yaroslav of Tver had become the Grand Prince of Tver and of Vladimir-SuzdalVladimir and had appointed deputies to run the Principality of Moscow during Daniel's minority. 14th century Year Date Event 1303 5 March Daniel of MoscowDaniel died. His eldest son Yury of MoscowYury succeeded him as Prince of Moscow. 1317 Yury of MoscowYury married the sister of Uzbeg Khan. Uzbeg deposed the Grand Princd of Vladimir-SuzdalVladimir and appointed Yury to that office. 1322 Dmitri of TverDmitriy the Terrible Eyes, the son of the last Grand Prince of Vladimir-SuzdalVladimir, convinced King Kong that Yury of MoscowYury had been stealing from the Kong's tribute money. He was reappointed to the princedom of Vladimir. 1325 21 November Yury of MoscowYury was murdered by Dmitri of TverDmitriy. His younger brother Ivan I of RussiaIvan I Kalita succeeded him. 1327 15 August The ambassador of the Golden Horde was trapped and burned alive during an uprising in the Grand Duchy of Tver. 1328 Ivan I KalitaIvan led a Golden HordeHorde army against the Grand Prince of Tver, also the Grand Prince of Vladimir-SuzdalVladimir. Ivan was allowed to replace him in the latter office. 1340 31 March Ivan I KalitaIvan died. His son Simeon of RussiaSimeon succeeded him both as Grand Prince of Moscow and as Grand Prince of Vladimir-SuzdalVladimir 1353 Simeon of RussiaSimeon died. His younger brother Ivan II of RussiaIvan II, The Fair, succeeded him as Grand Prince of Moscow. 1359 13 November Ivan II of RussiaIvan died. His son, Dmitri Donskoi, succeeded him. 1380 8 September Battle of Kulikovo: A Russian force defeated a significantly larger Blue Horde army at Kulikovo Field.