Timeline of notable events in the history of Russia and its predecessor states
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History of Russia
Periods
Prehistory • Antiquity • Early Slavs
Rus' people
pre-9th century
Rus' Khaganate
Arthania
Garðaríki
879–1240: Ancient Rus'
Rurik • Baptism of Rus' • Russkaya Pravda
Novgorod Land
882–1136
Principality of Polotsk
987–1397
Principality of Chernigov
988–1402
Rostov-Suzdal
1093–1157
full list...
1240–1480: Feudal Rus'
Council of Liubech • Council of Uvetichi • Mongol conquest • Battle of Kulikovo
Novgorod Republic
1136–1478
Vladimir-Suzdal
1157–1331
Principality of Moscow
1263–1547
full list...
1480–1917: Tsarist Russia
Great Stand on the Ugra River • Time of Troubles • Zemsky Sobor • Treaty of Nystad • Petrovian reforms • 1812 Patriotic War • Decembrist Revolt • Emancipation reform • Russo-Japanese War • 1905 Revolution • October Manifesto • Second Patriotic War
Tsardom of Russia
1547–1721
Russian Empire
1721–1917
Russian America
1799–1867
Grand Duchy of Finland
1809–1917
Congress Poland
1867–1915
Russian Manchuria
1900–1905
Uryankhay Krai
1914–1921
1917–1923: Russian Revolution
February Revolution • Provisional Government • Dvoyevlastiye • July Days • Kornilov affair • Directorate • Constituent Assembly (election) • Bolshevik Coup • Civil War • White Guard • Red Army • Soviet-Polish War • Priamurye Govt. • War Communism • USSR • Emigrants
Russian Republic
1917–1918
General Secretariat of Ukraine
1917–1918
Russian SFSR
1917–1922
Ukrainian SSR
1919–1922
Byelorussian SSR
1920–1922
Transcaucasian SFSR
1922–1922
Russian State
1918–1920
Provisional Priamurye Govt.
1921–1923
full list...
1923–1991: Soviet Era
NEP • Cultural revolution • Korenization • Stalinism • Collectivization • Industrialization • GULAG • Great Purge • Great Patriotic War • Cold War • Warsaw Pact • Comecon • Crimea transfer • Era of Stagnation • Afghan War • Perestroika • Chernobyl disaster • Karabakh War • Parade of sovereignties (War of Laws)
Soviet Union
1922–1991
Russian SFSR
1922–1991
Karelo-Finnish SSR
1940–1956
full list...
Tannu Tuva
1921–1944
since 1991: Modern Russia
August Coup • Belavezha Accords • Alma-Ata Protocol • USSR dissolution • CIS • "Near abroad" • Constitutional crisis • Privatization • CSTO • Chechen wars (1st • 2nd) • Oligarchy • Putinism • Five-Days War • Presidential terms amendments • Eurasian Economic Union • Annexation of Crimea • War in Donbas • 2020 amendments • Invasion of Ukraine (Prelude • Mass emigration • Debt default • Sanctions • Mobilization • 2022 annexation)
Russian Federation
1991–present
Republic of Tatarstan
1994–present
Chechen Republic
2000–present
Republic of CrimeaA
2014–present
Donetsk People's RepublicAB
2022–present
Luhansk People's RepublicAB
2022–present
Kherson OblastAB
2022–present
Zaporizhzhia OblastAB
2022–present
full list...^ANot internationally recognized. ^BNot fully controlled.
This is a timeline of Russian history, comprising important legal and territorial changes and political events in Russia and its predecessor states. To read about the background to these events, see History of Russia. See also the list of leaders of Russia.
Dates before 31 January 1918, when the Bolshevik government adopted the Gregorian calendar, are given in the Old Style Julian calendar.
This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.
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