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Russian History

  • Period: Jan 1, 1000 to

    Russian History

  • Jul 15, 1015

    Grand Prince Vladimir of Kiev

    Grand Prince Vladimir of Kiev
    Grand Prince of Kriv when orthodoxy was introduced into Russia and Uraine. took his christian commintment seriously. he had spread the christianization of Russia rapidly.
  • Jan 22, 1440

    Ivan III (The Great)

    Ivan III (The Great)
    Referred to as the "gathere of the Russian Lands" he eneded the Golden horde over Rus, and laid the Russian foundations. today he is the longest Russian ruler in history.
  • Aug 25, 1530

    Ivan IV (The Terrible)

    Ivan IV (The Terrible)
    Became the first ruler to be crowned as Tsar of all Russia. he was known to transform Russia over 1 billion acres from medieval state to an empire. he was very intelligent but had outbreaks and was notcied as mental illnesses.
  • Michael Romanov 1613-1545

    Michael Romanov 1613-1545
    He was the first Russian Tsar of the house of Romanov. he also founded the Romanov Dynasty which ruled until 1917.
  • Peter I (The Great) 1682-1725

    Peter I (The Great) 1682-1725
    Carried out a policy to moderize and expand that later turned into a empire, and continured to expand Siberia to the Bering sea. he is best known to be "the Czar who moderized the 18th century Russia."
  • Catherine II (The Great)

    Catherine II (The Great)
    know as the Empress of Russia, also the longets ruling female leader. she had admired Peter the great, and continued his work on moderizing Russia. During her era she had freeed russian nobles from military land and/or state service in Russia.
  • Alexander II 1801-1825

    Alexander II 1801-1825
    He was the Russian empire until his assassination in 1881 also before known to be the king of Poland and grand Duke of FInland.
  • Napolean's Invasion of Russia

    Napolean's  Invasion of Russia
    Napolean's Invasion on Russia proved how brutal the weather condition of Siberia could turn out to be.
  • Nicholas II 1825-1855

    Nicholas II 1825-1855
    known to be the last empor of Russia. when he was in power Russia was defeated in the Russo-Japanese war. which later started the beginning with Russia's involvment in World War 1.
  • Dmitri Mendeleev

    Dmitri Mendeleev
    Mendeleev was a noted inventor and chemist of Russia. He is most know for, and is credited for the creation of the first periodic table of elements.
  • Nikita Khrushchev

    Nikita Khrushchev
    Khrushchev lead the Soviet Union during part of the Cold War.
  • Russo-Japanese War

    Russo-Japanese War
    With few warm-water ports, Russia sought out Japan for use and the benefit of their navy and maritime trade system. In the end, the lack of forces lead to defeat.
  • World War I

    World War I
    World War I had a negative impact on Russia as a result of lack of unified forces.
  • Bolshevik Revolution

    Bolshevik Revolution
    Bolshevik was a large part of the Marxist Russian Social Democratic Labour Party and once they broke off they became part of Russia's Communist Party.
  • Russian Revolution

    Russian Revolution
    Destroyed the Tsarist Autocracy ( all power/wealth was controlled by Tsar) and this led to the creation of the Soviet Union.
  • Alexander Kerensky 1917-1917

    Alexander Kerensky 1917-1917
    he was a major political leader and the second prime minister of the Russian Provisional governments. he had played a big role in the february revolution. his good duties had made him become elected as teh first minister of justice in the provisional government.
  • Creation of the Communist Party

    Creation of the Communist Party
    The Russian element took the name Russian Communist Party. They exercised all the effective power in the Soviet Union.
  • Lenin's New Economic Policy

    Lenin's New Economic Policy
    His plan was to rebuild Russia's economy by using full socialism and part capitalism.
  • Establishment of the USSR

    Establishment of the USSR
    (Union of Soviet Socialist Republics) Started by Lenin and had 15 republics, which lead to the start of communism.
  • Vladimir Lenin 1922-1924

    Vladimir Lenin 1922-1924
    He was the head of the Soviet state and took control on the Russian Civil War. he worked on making a socialist economic system.
  • Stalin's Five Year Plan

    Stalin's Five Year Plan
    His plan was to strengthen the economy by following the guide lines of the communist party. To do this they used special tatics such as shipping everything on time and keeping detailed records of everything that has been manufactured.
  • Boris Yeltsin

    Boris Yeltsin
    Yeltsin was elected as the Russian Federation's first president in 1991. He proposed to move Russia to a free market economy.
  • Mikhail Gorbachev

    Mikhail Gorbachev
    Gorbachev was born into a peasant family, and was the only general secretary in Soviet Union to be born under communist governent in history.
  • World War II

    World War II
    Russia was one of many allied forces, along with the US, in World War II. The allied forces recieved victory over the axis forces.
  • Cold War

    Cold War
    The Cold War was a race of technology and power between Russia and the United States involving nuclear weapons.
  • Vladimir Putin

    Vladimir Putin
    Putin is the Current Prime Minister of Russia. His achievements include bringing upon political stability and economic growth.
  • Cuban Missile Crisis

    Cuban Missile Crisis
    Cuba and the Soviet Union against The United States. The US tried to over throw Cuba, while Cuba and the Soviet union set up secret bases in Cuba.
  • Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan

    Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan
    The Soviet's invasion on Afghanistan took part during the Cold War. The war was very brutal in relation to death count.
  • Glasnost/Perestroika

    Glasnost (recontstructing) / Perestroika (openness) These were the watch words for the renovation of Soviet body political party.
  • End of Communist Party

    End of Communist Party
    Communism was not looking good in the 1980's and Gorbackev became leader in 1985. He introduced many reforms to attempt to "modernize" Russia. 1) anti-alcohol program, 2) Law of State enterprise, 3) Political institution ( Congress of peoples deputies), 4) Uncertantity to hardliners. These all contributed to the downfall of Communism.
  • Russian Stock Market Crash

    Russian Stock Market Crash
    The Russian government devalued the ruble and defaulted on domestic debt. They did bounce back fairly quickly due to the rise in price of oil.
  • Wars with Chechnya

    Wars with Chechnya
    The War with Chechnya was a response to the Invasion of Dagestan by the IIPB. The war ended in 2008, but it seems as if the battles with seperatism continues.
  • Russia's War with Georgia

    Russia's War with Georgia
    The War with Georgia also know as the South Ossetia War, was a war between the two groups of Georgia with Russia backing up the separatist governments of South Ossetia and Abkhazia.
  • Democracy of Russia Implemented

    Democracy of Russia Implemented
    Had two elections in 2003 and the "Strengthening of Democracy in Russia through Improved Public Awareness" was designed to be implemented by 2004 through Duma elections. To improve they will...1)continue interest in elections, 2) improve voter education, 3) use professional comments, 4) distribute first hand election experience, 5) adopt the modify election law, 6) local elections are funded by local budgets, 7) carry out voter education programs, 8) support voters with special needs, ect.