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Jan 22, 1200
Mongol Invasion
Mongol Invasion: Under Genghis Khan 1200 the Mongol peoples along with Tartar armies rode westward into the domain of the Russes to challenge Slavic power; however, there was no victory for either side. An agreement was made instead. -
Jan 22, 1450
Grand Duchy of Moscovy
In 1450, under the rule of the Grand Duchy of Moscovy, there were three centuries of Russian rulers. This included major military power and an imperial state. Moscow’s empire expanded by the conquering of Islamic regions and gaining control of Estonia and Lativa on the Baltic Sea. -
Czarist Russia
Czars were the rulers of Russia until the 1917 revolution. -
Reign of Peter the Great
1682-1725 founder of modern Russia known for conquering people and territory. Esontnia was incorporate in 1721 under his rule. -
Reign of Catherine the Great
1760-1796 known for making Russia a huge colonial power. -
Seizure of Finland
In 1809 Finland was taken from the Swedes. -
Founding of Vladivostok
Founding of Vladivostok: In 1860 Russian founded the port of Vladivostok on the Pacific. -
Russification
Russification: The soviet policy of resettling Russians into non-Russian portions of the Soviet Union, also changed the region’s human geography -
Construction of the Trans-Siberian Railroad
In 1892 the construction began. A key railroad passage to the Pacific completed in 1904. Connects the South to the Pacific. -
Russo-Japanese War
Russo-Japanese War: 1904-1905 the Russians were defeated and forced out of Manchura. -
Lenin’s Soviet Union
Lenin’s Soviet Union – In 1917-1924 Lenin passes away. (After which Joseph Stalin came to power) Lenin was one of the leading political figures and revolutionary thinkers of the 20th century, who masterminded the Bolshevik take-over of power in Russia in 1917, and was the architect and first head of the USSR. -
Communist Revolution
Communist Revolution: 1917- 1924 a series of revolutions in Russia occurring in 1917. They dismantled the Tsarist autocracy and led to the creation of the Russian SFSR. The emperor was forced to abdicate and the old regime was replaced by a provisional government during the first revolution of February 1917. In the second revolution, during October, the Provisional government was removed and replaced with a Bolshevik government. -
Command Economy
In a Command Economy or Planned Economy, the central or state government regulate various factors of production. In fact, the government is the final authority to take decisions regarding production, utilization of the finished industrial products and the allocation of the revenues earned from their distribution. -
The First Man In Space
1961
Cosmonaut Yuri A. Gagarin becomes the first man in space -
Government Restructure
1985-1991
Mikhail Gorbachev restructures the government. The U.S.S.R. collapses; 15 republics declare independence. -
Russian Orthodoxy
Communist Era (1917-1991) Russian Orthodoxy: The Eastern Orthodox Church that is under the leadership of the patriarch of Russia and has autonomous branches in other countries. Until 1917 it was the established church of Russia. -
An Independent Federation
1991 The Soviet Union is dismantled and Russia becomes an independent federation -
Soviet Disintegration
Soviet Disintegration: On December 25, 1991 centrally planned economy went into structural failure. The Supreme Soviet confirmed the dissolution of the Soviet Union. -
Near Abroad
With the dissolution of the Soviet Union, 15 states entered the stage of world politics. One, Russia, was recognized as the legal inheritor of the Soviet Union’s seat in the United Nations and other international organizations while theother 14 assumed sovereign status with a clean slate. The other states collectively are known as the Near Abroad. They constitute the territory comprised of the former republics of the Soviet Union. -
Yeltsin resigns
1999 Yeltsin resigns and Vladimir Putin is his successor -
An ally of NATO
2002: Russia becomes an ally of NATO -
Reduction of Nuclear Weapons
U.S. President Barack Obama and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev agree to reduce nuclear weapons. -
Russia's Growing Regional Debts Threaten Stability
The central government's control over the regions was demolished during the devastating financial crisis in 1998. Many of the regional heads defied the federal government in order to look out for their own regions' survival. It was the second-worst regional breakdown in Russia following the collapse of the Soviet Union, and it was related directly to the chaos caused by that collapse. This is why the currently growing economic strains in the regions will be of great concern for the Kremlin. -
Rus settlement
Rus settlement: 800’s Slavic settlements in present day Ukraine. Rus is the name given to designate these settlements with fertile soils, moderate climate and physical landscape with many advantages and opportunities. -
Converting of the Eastern Orthodox Church
988 Grand Prince Vladimir I converted to the Eastern Orthodox Church
