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Slavic Origins: 4,000 BC to AD 862
- ca. 4,000 BC: Earliest evidence of Neolithic culture in Russia
- ca. 1000 to 700 BC: Cimmerians in Thrace
- ca. 700 BC: Scythians invade Thrace, conquering the Cimmerians
- ca. 700 BC-AD 200: Greco-Iranian culture develops around the Black Sea
- 370: The Huns invade.
- 558: The invasion of the Avars.
- 681: The First Bulgarian Empire is formed.
- ca. 830: Beginnings of Magyar migration westward.
312-1453: The Byzantine (Later or Eastern Roman) Empire
- 306-337: The Emperor Constantine
- 325: The Council of Nicea
- 378: Battle of Adrianople
- 527-565: Reign of Justinian
- 680: Monophysitism is declared unorthodox.
- 690s: Muslims conquer Byzantine North Africa
- c. 858-867: The Missionary Journeys of Sts. Cyril and Methodius
- 867-1056: Macedonian dynasty
- 988: Kievan Russ adopts Orthodoxy
1056-1453: Decline of the Byzantine Empire
- 1071: Seljuk Turks defeat Byzantines at the Battle of Manzikert
- 1204: Constantinople falls to Crusaders during the Fourth Crusade.
- 1261: Constantinople is liberated from the Crusaders.
- 1453: Fall of Constantinople to Ottoman Turks
Kyivan Rus: 862-1240
- 862: The legendary founding of Kyivan Rus.
- 978-1015: Reign of Vladimir
- 1035-1054: The Reign of Yaroslav the Wise.
- 1240: Kyiv is conquered by the Mongols.
Appanage Russia: 1240-1380
- 1240-1380: Russia under Mongol rule.
- 1156-1478: The Principality of Novgorod.
- 1156: Novgorod achieves independence
- 1242: Alexander Nevsky defeats the Teutonic Knights at Lake Peipus.
- 1478: Novgorod is incorporated into Muscovy
Muscovite Russia: ca. 1147-1613
- ca. 1147: Moscow is founded
- 1325-1341: Reign of Ivan I
- 1380: Muscovites defeat the Golden Horde at Kulikovo.
- 1480: Ivan II proclaimed Czar and Autocrat of Russia.
- 1533-1584: Reign of Ivan the Terrible.
- 1598-1605: Reign of Boris Gudunov
- 1604-1613: The Time of Troubles
Imperial Russia: 1613-1917
- 1613-1645: Reign of Michael I Romanov. Beginning of the Romanov Dynasty
- 1682-1725: Peter I, The Great
- 1762-1796: Catherine II, The Great
- 1785: The Charter of the Cities and the Charter of the Nobility are issued
- 1795: Third Partition of Poland.
- 1801-1825: Alexander I
- 1825-1855: Nicholas I
- 1855-1881: Alexander II
- 1894-1917: Nicholas II
The Soviet Union: 1917-1992
- 1921: Lenin introduces the New Economic Policy (NEP)
- 1928: Stalin introduces the First Five Year Plan.
- 1939: The Ribbentrop-Molotov Pact.
- 1942: The Battle of Stalingrad
- 1956: Khruschev denounces Stalin at the 20th Party Congress.
- 1962: Cuban Missile Crisis.
- 1968: Invasion of Czechoslovakia
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