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| PERIOD OF KIEVAN RUS' 859-1240 |
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| 860 |
Askold & Dir clear the Dnepr and attack Constantinople |
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THE RURIKOV DYNASTY 862-1613
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| 862 |
Summoning of Rurik to Novgorod |
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| 862-879? |
RURIK (Hrorekr) |
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| 879-913 |
OLEG (Helgi)  |
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| 907 |
Oleg's expedition against Constantinople |
| 911 |
Oleg's treaty with the Byzantine Empire |
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| 913-945 |
IGOR (Ingvar) |
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| 941 |
Expedition of Igor against Constantinople |
| 945 |
Igor's treaty with Byzantine Empire |
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| 945-962 |
OLGA (Helga) |
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| 957 |
Olga baptized in Constantinople |
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| 962-972 |
SVIATOSLAV |
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| 965-967 |
Sviatoslav conquers the Khazar cities of Sarkel and Itil |
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| 980-1015 |
ST. VLADIMIR |
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| 988 |
Baptism of Vladimir and conversion of Russia to Christianity
(but pagan beliefs continue among folk) |
| 11th century |
First birch-bark documents
Novgorod streets paved with lumber (first in Paris pavement, 1184)
Wooden water pipes laid in Novgorod
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| 1016 |
Russian-Byzantine force destroys Georgius Tzul's Khazaria |
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| 1019-1054 |
YAROSLAV THE WISE |
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| 1030 |
Yaroslav starts first school in Novgorod |
| 1037 |
Saint Sofia Cathedral begun in Kiev |
| 1045-1057 |
Building of Saint Sofia in Novgorod |
| 1051 |
The cave at Peshchersk Lavra settled by Antonius of Chernigov |
| 1054 |
Schism between Eastern and Western Catholicism |
| 1054-1073 |
Russkaia Pravda, first Russian law, written |
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| 1092?-1125 |
VLADIMIR MONOMAKH  |
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| 1095 |
First election of prince in Novgorod |
| 1116 |
Primary Chronicle composed |
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| 1125-1157 |
YURI DOLGORUKI (founder of Moscow) |
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| 1125-1200 |
Second version of Russkaia Pravda |
| 1147 |
Moscow founded by Yuri Dolgoruki (English)
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| 1156 |
First Kremlin built in Moscow
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| 1157-1176 |
ANDREI BOGOLJUBSKI |
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| 1167 |
Sadko builds a church in Novgorod |
| 1169 |
Sack of Kiev by Andrei Bogoliubsky, prince of Vladimir-Suzdal' |
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| 1176-1212 |
VSEVOLOD BIG NEST |
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| 1185 |
Igor Sviatoslavovich of Seversk marches against the Polovetsians |
| 1195 |
First Novgorod treaty with German towns and Gotland |
| 1196 |
Novgorod granted right to select prince |
| 1204 |
4th Crusade captures Constantinople; Latin Empire rules until 1261 |
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| 1212-1237 |
YURI II |
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| 1223 |
First Mongol invasion; Russians defeated on the Kalka |
| 1227 |
Death of Genghis Khan |
| 1237-1242 |
Mongol conquest of Russia |
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| 1237-1246 |
YAROSLAV II |
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THE APPANAGE PERIOD, 1240-1480   |
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| 1240 |
Victory of Alexander Nevsky over Swedes on the Neva |
| 1242 |
Battle on the Ice: Nevsky's victory over the Teutonic Knights on Lake Peipus |
| 1253 |
Founding of Sarai as capital of the Golden Horde |
| 1270 |
Novgorod treaty with the Hansa |
| 1275 |
Population of Russia about ten million |
| 1294 |
First Russian icon which is dated and signed (Novgorod) |
| 1300 |
Metropolitan of Kiev settles at Vladimir |
| 1326 |
Final establishment of Metropolitan in Moscow |
| 1337 |
Foundation of Trinity Monastery in Sergiev Posad |
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| 1328-1340 |
IVAN I MONEY-BAGS (Kalita) |
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| 1340-1353 |
SIMEON THE PROUD |
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| 1348 |
Pskov secures independence from Novgorod
Swedish King Magnus marches against Novgorod |
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| 1353-1359 |
IVAN II THE MEEK |
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| 1359-1389 |
DMITRI DONSKOI |
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| 1360 |
Andrei Rublev born (probably) |
| 1362 |
Kiev taken by Grand Duke of Lithuania, Olgerd |
| 1367-1368 |
First stone fortifications of Moscow Kremlin |
| 1371-1375 |
Heresy of Strigol'niks (Shearers) in Novgorod |
| 1378 |
Feofan the Greek paints first frescoes in Novgorod |
| 1380 |
Victory of Dmitri Donskoi over the Tatars at Kulikovo Field |
| 1382 |
Moscow burnt by Tokhtamysh |
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| 1389-1425 |
VASSILY I |
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| 1390-1430 |
Active life of icon painter Andrei Rublev |
| 1395 |
Defeat of the Golden Horde by Tamerlane |
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| 1425-1462 |
VASSILY II THE DARK |
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| 1430-1466 |
Disintegration of Golden Horde |
| 1436 |
Foundation of Solovetsky Monastery |
| 1439 |
Council of Florence
Reunion of eastern and western churches |
| 1441 |
Metropolitan Isidore deposed for accepting Council of Florence |
| 1448 |
Church of Russia declared autocephalous |
| 1453 |
Capture of Constantinople by the Ottomans |
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| 1462-1505 |
IVAN III THE GREAT |
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| 1471 |
Campaign of Ivan III against Novgorod
Charter of the city of Novgorod |
| 1472 |
Marriage of Ivan III with Zoe (Sophia), niece of last Byzantine Emperor |
| 1475-1478 |
Cathedral of Assumption in Kremlin built by Fieravanti |
| 1476-1478 |
Visit to Moscow of Ambrosio Contarini, first foreigner to write about Moscow |
| 1478 |
Incoporation of Novgorod into Muscovy |
| 1480 |
Unsuccessful campaign of Golden Horde against Ivan III |
| 1480 |
END OF MUSCOVITE DEPENDENCY ON MONGOLS |
| 1481-1502 |
Active career of icon and fresco painter Dionysius |
| 1485 |
Cathedral of Annunciation built by masons from Pskov |
| 1485-1516 |
Building of the new Kremlin in Moscow |
| 1487-1491 |
Palace of Facets built by Marco Ruffo & Pietro Antonio Solari. |
| 1488 |
Uprising in Novgorod |
| 1494 |
End of the Hansa in Novgorod |
| 1497 |
Sudebnik: Law code of Ivan III |
| 1503 |
Church Council: Victory of the Josephites over the nonposessors
Heresy of Judaizers condemned
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| 1505-1533 |
VASSILY III |
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| 1505-1509 |
Cathedral of Archangel Michael built by Alevisio Nuovi of Milan |
| 1510 |
Incoporation of Pskov into Muscovy |
| 1517-1519 |
Printing of first books in Russian in Prague |
| 1524 |
Novodevichy Convent founded by Vasilli III |
| 1525 |
Maxim the Greek condemned by the Church Council |
| 1529-1560 |
Construction of churches at Dyakovo, Ostrovo and Kolomenskoe |
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| 1533-1538 |
REGENCY OF YELENA GLINSKAYA 1533-1538 |
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| 1538-1547 |
PERIOD OF DISPUTED REGENCY (BELSKYS AND SHUISKYS) |
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| 1547-1584 |
IVAN IV (THE TERRIBLE) |
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| 1547 |
Twenty-two Russian saints canonized
Novgorod and Pskov icon painters ordered to Moscow after great fire |
| 1550-1555 |
Construction of the Cathedral of St. Basil the Blessed celebrating the capture of Asktrakhan (1556) |
| 1550-1700 |
134 books translated into Russian |
| 1551 |
Council of the Hundred Chapters (Stoglav) |
| 1552 |
Capture of Kazan |
| 1553 |
Opening of the White Sea route by Willoghby and Chancellor |
| 1555 |
Granting of charter to The Russia Company (England) |
| 1556 |
Asktrakhan defeated |
| 1558 |
Stroganovs granted land on Kama River |
| 1558-1583 |
Livonian war against Poland and Sweden, for possession of Baltic |
| 1560's |
Edition of Domostroi, a book of principles of family life |
| 1564 |
First book printed in Moscow
Kurbsky flees to Lithuania |
| 1565-1572 |
Ivan the Terrible's reign of terror: the oprichnina |
| 1566 |
First Zemskii Sobor (Consultative Land Assembly) |
| 1570 |
Ivan the Terrible's pogrom in Novgorod |
| 1571 |
Crimean Tartars burn Moscow |
| 1571-1600 |
Fortification of southern frontier
Beginning of Don, Zaporozhian, and Ural Cossacks |
| 1580's |
Boris Godunov sends 18 Russians to study abroad (none return) |
| 1582 |
Yermak and the beginning of the conquest of Siberia
Privilege of St. George's Day (Iur'ev Den'), November 26, abolished |
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| 1584-1598 |
FEDOR I |
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| 1585 |
Foundation of Archangelsk |
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THE TIME OF TROUBLES, 1598-1613  |
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| 1598-1605 |
BORIS GODUNOV Lord Protector |
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| 1588 |
Giles Fletcher in Moscow |
| 1589 |
Creation of Moscow Patriarchate |
| 1590's |
Rostov becomes the seat of Metropolitan |
| 1591 |
Dmitri tsarevich killed in Uglich |
| 1601-1603 |
Famine
Erection of the bell tower of Ivan the Great
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| 1606-1607 |
Revolt of Bolotnikov |
| 1610-1612 |
Poles occupy Moscow |
| 1612-1613 |
Minin and Pozharsky lead popular militia against Poles in Moscow |
| 1611-1617 |
Swedes occupy Novgorod |
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THE ROMANOV DYNASTY, 1613-1917
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| 1613 |
Election of Michael Romanov as tsar by Zemskii Sobor |
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| 1613-1645 |
MICHAEL FEDOROVICH ROMANOV |
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| 1618 |
Peace with Sweden
Loss of any outlet to Baltic |
| 1634-1638 |
Two visits of Adam Olearius to Moscow |
| 1636 |
Patriarch orders all musical instruments burned |
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| 1645-1676 |
ALEXIS MIKHAILOVICH ROMANOV |
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| 1648-1649 |
Up-risings in Moscow and other towns |
| 1649 |
Ulozhenie: Law Code of Tsar Alexis
Abolition of English trading privileges |
| 1650's |
Moscow population about 200,000 |
| 1650 |
Patriarch standardizes the five-domed church |
| 1652 |
Foreigners in Moscow required to live in Nemetskaia Sloboda |
| 1653 |
Last full meeting of Zemskii Sobor |
| 1654 |
Church Council adopts Nikon's reforms |
| 1654 |
BEGINNING OF THE SCHISM (Raskol)
Union of Ukraine with Muscovy |
| 1660's |
Moscow linked with Amsterdam and Berlin by regular postal service |
| 1664 |
Grigorii Kotoshikhin flees to Sweden |
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1666 |
Church Council deposes Patriarch Nikon |
| 1667 |
Cession to Moscovy of Kiev, Little Russia, and Smolensk |
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1670-1671 |
Revolt of Stenka Razin |
| 1671 |
Avvakum writes his Life in prison |
| 1672 |
Russian embassies sent to all major European states |
| 1672 |
Artakserova deistva, first play given at Moscow court |
| 1674 |
Synopsis, first textbook of Russian history, appears |
| 1676 |
Theater opens at Preobrazhenskoe |
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| 1676-1682 |
FEDOR III ROMANOV |
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| 1682 |
Peter assumes throne, with Sophia as regent |
| 1684 |
Sophia institutes formal persecution of Old Believers by decree |
| 1689 |
Treaty of Nerchinsk with China |
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