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Saturday, June 26, 2021

Basic timeline of Russia

This post is a basic timeline of Russia. There are 36 events listed below chronologically. Source: Wikipedia

• First humans (45,000 years ago)
• Bosporan Kingdom (480 - 107 BC)
• Khazars (650-969 AD)
• Rus Khaganate (830-899 AD)
• Kievan Rus (879-1240 AD)
• Novgorod Republic (1136-1478)
• Mongol invades Russia (1223-1480)
• Grand Duchy of Moscow (1263-1547)
• Tsardom of Russia (1547-1721)
• Russo-Persian War (1722-1723)
• Livonian War (1558-1583)
• Conquest of Siberia (1580 - 17th century)
• Time of Troubles (1598-1613)
• First Russo-Polish War (1654-1667)
• Russian Empire (1721-1917)
• Seven Years War (1756-1763)
• Anglo-Russian War (1807-1812)
• Napoleon invades Russia (1812)
• Decembrist Revolt (1825)
• Second Russo-Persian War (1826-1828)
• Crimean War (1853-1856)
• Serfdom is abolished (1861)
• Russo-Japanese War (1904-1905)
• First Russian Revolution (1905-1907)
• World War I (1914-1918)
• Second Russian Revolution (1917)
• Russian Civil War (1917-1923)
• Soviet Union (1922-1991)
• Great Purge (1936-1938)
• World War II (1939-1945)
• Germany invades Soviet Union (1941)
• Cold War (1947-1991)
• Dissolution of Soviet Union (1988-1991)
• Russian Federation (1991 - now)
• Vladimir Putin becomes President (2000)
• Annexation of Crimean peninsula (2014)

(This post includes any nation or civilization that occupied at least a portion of Russia at some point. Unless specified otherwise, the dates correspond to when a nation or civilization existed, but do not necessarily correspond to occupation of Russia.)