Timeline of Russian history - Wikipedia. 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 3. 1 January 1.

Bolshevik government adopted the Gregorian calendar, are given in the Old Style. Julian calendar. 9th century. He was succeeded by Sviatopolk I, who may have been his biological son by the rape of Yaropolk's wife. Sviatopolk ordered the murder of three of Vladimir's younger sons. Yaroslav I, another of Sviatopolk's brothers, led an army against him and defeated him, forcing him to flee to Poland.

Yaroslav issued the first Russian code of law, the Russkaya Pravda. Polish Expedition to Kiev: Sviatopolk led the Polish army into Rus'. Red Ruthenia returned to Polish possession. August. Polish Expedition to Kiev: The Polish army captured Kiev; Yaroslav fled to Novgorod. Yaroslav defeated Sviatopolk and returned to the princedom of Kiev. He granted autonomy to Novgorod as a reward for her prior loyalty. Sviatopolk died. 1.

Yaroslav reconquered Red Ruthenia from the Poles. Rus'- Byzantine War (1.

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Yaroslav led an unsuccessful naval raid on Constantinople. According to the peace settlement, Yaroslav's son Vsevolod I married a daughter of the Byzantine emperor Constantine Monomachos. Yaroslav died. He was succeeded by his oldest son, Iziaslav I. Iziaslav was overthrown in a popular uprising and forced to flee to Poland. Iziaslav led the Polish army back into Kiev and reestablished himself on the throne. Two of Iziaslav's brothers, Sviatoslav II and Vsevolod I, overthrew him; the former became prince of Kiev.

December. Sviatoslav died. Vsevolod I succeeded him, but traded the princedom of Kiev to Iziaslav in exchange for Chernigov. Iziaslav died. The throne of Kiev went to Vsevolod. April. Vsevolod died.

Kiev and Chernigov went to Iziaslav's illegitimate son, Sviatopolk II. May. Battle of the Stugna River: Rus' forces attacked the Cumans at the Stugna River and were defeated. He was succeeded by Vsevolod's son, his cousin, Vladimir II Monomakh. May. Vladimir died. His oldest son, Mstislav I, succeeded him. April. Mstislav died.

His brother Yaropolk II followed him as prince of Kiev. Novgorod expelled the prince appointed for them by Kiev and vastly circumscribed the authority of the office.

February. Yaropolk died. His younger brother Viacheslav followed him, but in March Viacheslav was overthrown by his cousin, prince of Chernigov, Vsevolod. August. Vsevolod died. His brother Igor followed him as a ruler of Kiev. Citizens of Kiev required him to depose old boyars of Vsevolod.

Igor swore to fulfill their request, but then reconsidered to do it. Citizens of Kiev considered that oath- breaker is not a legitimate ruler anymore and chose to summon prince Iziaslav of Pereyaslavl to be a new prince of Kiev. August. Iziaslav overthrow Igor. A brother of Igor, Sviatoslav, prince of Novgorod- Seversk asked prince of Rostov- Suzdal. Yuri Dolgorukiy for help in realising Igor from captivity. The first reference to Moscow when Yuri Dolgorukiy called upon Sviatoslav of Novgorod- Seversk to . Iziaslav escaped.

With assistance of chorniye klobuky. Iziaslav kicked away Yuri from Kiev. After some time, with help of Volodimirko of Galych, Yuri took Kiev again. Hungarian king G. Yuri escaped. 11. November. Iziaslav II died.

His brother, prince of Smolensk. Rostislav was summoned to become a new prince of Kiev. Yuri Dolgorukiy expelled Rostislav with assistance of prince of Chernigov. Yuri I of Kiev was intoxicated and died. Iziaslav of Chernigov became prince of Kiev. Iziaslav of Chernigov was overthrow by princes of Galych and Volyn.

Allies called Rostislav to be prince of Kiev again. Radiometric Dating Half Life. Rostislav died. His nephew, Mstislav of Volyn, became new ruler of Kiev. Andrey Bogolyubsky, the elder son of Yuri Dolgorukiy, prince of new strong principality of Vladimir- Suzdal attacked and plundered Kiev. A majority of Russian princes recognized him as a new grand prince. Unlike previous grand princes Andrey I remained in Vladimir and didn't move his residence to Kiev.

Andrey appointed his brother Gleb as prince of Kiev. In fact, since this, Kiev stopped to be a center of Russian lands. Political and cultural center was moved to Vladimir. New princes of Kiev were depending on grand princes of Vladimir- Suzdal.

His oldest son Yury succeeded him as Prince of Moscow. Yury married the sister of Uzbeg Khan who was Mongolian prince.

Uzbeg deposed the Grand Prince of Vladimir and appointed Yury to that office. Dmitriy the Terrible Eyes, the son of the last Grand Prince of Vladimir, convinced Uzbeg Khan that Yury had been stealing from the khan's tribute money. He was reappointed to the princedom of Vladimir. November. Yury was murdered by Dmitriy. His younger brother Ivan I Kalita succeeded him. August. The ambassador of the Golden Horde of Mongolian Empire was trapped and burned alive during an uprising in the Grand Duchy of Tver. Ivan led a Horde army against the Grand Prince of Tver, also the Grand Prince of Vladimir.

Ivan was allowed to replace him in the latter office. March. Ivan died.

His son Simeon succeeded him both as Grand Prince of Moscow and as Grand Prince of Vladimir. Simeon died. His younger brother Ivan II, The Fair, succeeded him as Grand Prince of Moscow. November. Ivan died. His son, Dmitri Donskoi, succeeded him. September. Battle of Kulikovo: A Muscovite force defeated a significantly larger Blue Horde army of Mongolia at Kulikovo Field. The Mongol khan. Tokhtamysh reasserted his power by looting and burning Moscow.

May. Dmitri died. The throne fell to his son, Vasili I. His son Vasili II, The Blind, succeeded him as Grand Prince of Moscow; his wife Sophia became regent. His younger brother, Yury Dmitrievich, also issued a claim to the throne. Dmitrievich appealed to the khan of the Golden Horde to support his claim to the throne. Vasili II retained the Duchy of Moscow, but Dmitrievich was given the Duchy of Dmitrov.

Vasili II led an army to capture Dmitrov. His army was defeated and he was forced to flee to Kolomna. Dmitrievich arrived in Moscow and declared himself the Grand Prince. Vasili II was pardoned and made mayor of Kolomna. The exodus of Muscovite boyars to Vasili II's court in Kolomna persuaded Dmitrievich to return Moscow to his nephew and move to Galich. Vasily II burned Galich. March. The army of Yury Dmitrievich defeated the army of Vasily II.

The latter fled to Nizhny Novgorod. April. Dmitrievich arrived in Moscow and again declared himself the Grand Prince. July. Dmitrievich died. His oldest son Vasili Kosoy, the Cross- Eyed, succeeded him as Grand Prince. Dmitrievich's second son, Dmitry Shemyaka, allied himself with Vasili II. Vasili the Cross- Eyed was expelled from the Kremlin and blinded. Vasili II returned to the throne of the Grand Prince.

Russo- Kazan Wars: The khan of the recently established Khanate of Kazan led an army towards Moscow. July. Battle of Suzdal: The Russian army suffered a great defeat at the hands of the Tatars of Kazan. Vasili II was taken prisoner; operation of the government fell to Dmitry Shemyaka.

December. Vasili II was ransomed back to Muscovy. Shemyaka had Vasili II blinded and exiled to Uglich, and had himself declared the Grand Prince. The boyars of Moscow expelled Shemyaka from the Kremlin and recalled Vasili II to the throne.

Shemyaka was forced to flee to the Novgorod Republic. Shemyaka was poisoned by Muscovite agents. March. Vasili II died. His son Ivan III, The Great, succeeded him as Grand Prince. Russia annexed the Duchy of Yaroslavl. July. Battle of Shelon: A Muscovite army defeated a numerically superior Novgorodian force. Russia annexed the Rostov Duchy.

Ivan stopped paying tribute to the Great Horde. January. The Novgorod Republic surrendered to the authority of Moscow. November. Great stand on the Ugra river: Ivan's forces deterred Akhmat Khan of the Great Horde from invading Muscovy. Ivan annexed the Grand Duchy of Tver. Ivan issued a legal code, the Sudebnik, which standardized the Muscovite law, expanded the role of the criminal justice system, and limited the ability of the serfs to leave their masters. He was succeeded as Grand Duke of Muscovy by his son, Vasili III.

Russo- Crimean Wars: The Crimean Khanate raided the Muscovite towns of Belyov and Kozelsk. With the approval of most of the local nobility, Vasili arrived in the Pskov Republic and declared it dissolved.

The last Grand Prince of the Ryazan Principality was captured and imprisoned in Moscow. December. Vasili died; his son Ivan IV, The Terrible, succeeded him. His wife Elena Glinskaya became regent. April. Glinskaya died. She was succeeded as regent by Prince Vasily Nemoy. January. An elaborate ceremony crowned Ivan the first Czar of Muscovy. August. Siege of Kazan (1.

Muscovite armed forces arrived at Kazan. October. Siege of Kazan (1. The Muscovite army breached the walls of Kazan. October. Siege of Kazan (1. The civilian population of Kazan was massacred, the city occupied.

First book printed in Russia, the Narrow- typed Gospel Book. Muscovy conquered and annexed the Astrakhan Khanate. Livonian War: Ivan demanded a back- breaking tribute from the Bishopric of Dorpat. The Bishop sent diplomats to Muscovy to renegotiate the amount; Ivan expelled them and invaded and occupied the Bishopric.

August. Battle of Ergeme: Ivan's army crushed the forces of the Livonian Order. November. The Livonian Order agreed to the Union of Wilno, under which the Livonian Confederation was partitioned between Lithuania, Sweden and Denmark. Lithuania and Sweden sent troops to liberate their new territories from Russian possession. February. Ivan established the Oprichnina, a Muscovite territory ruled directly by the tsar.

July. The Union of Lublin was signed. Poland and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania were merged into the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth; Poland began aiding Lithuania in its war against Muscovy. The Oprichnina was abolished.