39 events with tag "Russia"
862
ID: 3703
Rurik founds Novgorod - Viking establishment of Rus' dynasty, beginning of Russian state
ID: 3703
988
ID: 4772
Vladimir I of Kiev converts to Orthodoxy - marries Byzantine princess, Russia becomes Orthodox
ID: 4772
1223
ID: 4738
Battle of Kalka River - Mongol reconnaissance force under Jebe and Subutai crushes Russian princes
ID: 4738
1237
ID: 4740
Mongols invade Russia - Batu Khan destroys Ryazan, Kiev, begins Golden Horde domination
ID: 4740
1462
ID: 5976
Ivan III becomes Grand Prince of Moscow - begins 'gathering of Russian lands', refuses tribute to Golden Horde
ID: 5976
1480
ID: 4755
Great Stand on Ugra River - Ivan III faces down Golden Horde, ends Mongol domination of Russia
ID: 4755
1485
ID: 5978
Ivan III adopts title 'Sovereign of All Russia' - claims inheritance of Byzantine Empire after marrying Sophia Paleologus
ID: 5978
1497
ID: 5979
Ivan III issues Sudebnik (law code) - first unified legal code for all Russia, establishes centralized justice
ID: 5979
1547
ID: 5980
January 16, 1547
Ivan IV crowned first Tsar of All Russia at age 16 - transforms from Grand Prince to Emperor, claims Caesar's authority
ID: 5980
1565
ID: 5983
Ivan the Terrible establishes Oprichnina - creates parallel state with secret police, reign of terror begins
ID: 5983
1762
ID: 5994
July 9, 1762
Catherine II seizes throne in palace coup - deposes husband Peter III with Guard support, he dies mysteriously days later
ID: 5994
1810
ID: 698
Count Arakcheyev begins Russian military colony system in Novgorod - 2000 soldier-farmers each
ID: 698
1812
ID: 703
Russian military colony expansion halts during Napoleon's invasion - colonists join war effort
ID: 703
1815
ID: 715
Tsar Alexander I expands military colonies - Chuguev colony with 12,000, extreme daily regimentation
ID: 715
1816
ID: 718
Novgorod military colonies expand to 90,000 - marriage control, identical houses, boys drill at age 7
ID: 718
1817
ID: 722
Chuguev Revolt erupts in Ukraine military colonies - brutally suppressed, surveillance increased
ID: 722
1818
ID: 725
Russian military colonies reach 200,000 - breeding programs, forbidden customs, religious control
ID: 725
1819
ID: 730
Russian military colonies reach 200,000 with breeding programs and religious control
ID: 730
1820
ID: 737
Foreign diplomats report Russian military colonies as military prisons - economic costs exceed traditional army
ID: 737
1821
ID: 744
Elite Semyonovsky Regiment revolts in St. Petersburg - Tsar realizes system destabilizing military
ID: 744
1822
ID: 748
Multiple uprisings in Russian military colonies - disease outbreaks, psychological disorders widespread
ID: 748
1825
ID: 761
Alexander I dies; Decembrist Revolt partly due to military colony dissatisfaction; Nicholas I inherits system
ID: 761
1826
ID: 767
Tsar Nicholas I removes Arakcheyev from military colonies - investigations reveal abuse and failure
ID: 767
1827
ID: 772
Russian military colonies begin converting back to normal villages under Nicholas I
ID: 772
1830
ID: 787
Last Russian military colonies dissolved by Nicholas I - final revolt, 200,000 controlled for 15 years
ID: 787
1849
ID: 5566
August 13, 1849
Hungarian Revolution crushed by combined Austrian and Russian armies at Világos
ID: 5566
1917
ID: 1258
Russian Revolution typhus epidemic begins: 25 million cases over next 4 years
ID: 1258
1917
ID: 1261
July 13, 1917
Fatima: Vision of hell, Three Secrets revealed - 'Russia will spread her errors throughout the world'
ID: 1261
1918
ID: 1265
Treaty of Brest-Litovsk - Germany gains massive Eastern European territory before final collapse
ID: 1265
1984
ID: 2028
March 25, 1984
March 25: Consecration of World to Immaculate Heart - Sister Lucia confirms accepted
ID: 2028
1998
ID: 3029
Russian financial crisis; IMF credit theft; BONY money laundering exposed; YBM Magnex (Mogilevich company) collapsed
ID: 3029
2012
ID: 3214
Russia expels USAID for 'attempts to influence political processes through grants'
ID: 3214
2014
ID: 3258
Crimea referendum - provides justification for permanent US-Russian antagonism
ID: 3258
2015
ID: 3271
Minsk II Agreements - German mediation ensures continued conflict
ID: 3271
2018
ID: 3308
Skripal poisoning - German chemical weapons expertise suspected
ID: 3308
2021
ID: 3346
Nord Stream 2 pipeline near completion despite US opposition
ID: 3346
2021
ID: 3347
Russian ultimatum on NATO expansion - German strategy forces US-Russian crisis
ID: 3347
2022
ID: 3362
Wagner mutiny in Russia - German intelligence connections suspected
ID: 3362
2023
ID: 3377
Wagner mutiny in Russia - German intelligence connections suspected
ID: 3377