Gothic to Lenin By MLGC4 Oct 15, 1134 Gothic architecture created Mar 15, 1140 the church at Vezelay was built with a rib vault Apr 14, 1189 In 1189, the Frankish and English factions of the Third Crusade met at Vézelay before officially departing for the Holy Land. Aug 8, 1190 The Third Crusade started (with Byzantine Empire as one of the Christian opponents) Dec 13, 1395 The Byzantine Empire claimed to have sovereignty against the Russia This was in a letter from Anthony IV, patriarch of Constantinople, to Basil I of Moscow Dec 28, 1922 Russia became Soviet Union Dec 30, 1922 Lenin becomes Chairman of the Council of People's Commissars of the Soviet Union