Russia By bfealko Period: Jan 1, 1400 to Nov 11, 2015 Russia Brandon and Billy Period: Jan 22, 1440 to Oct 27, 1505 Ivan III (Ivan the Great) Period: Aug 25, 1530 to Mar 18, 1554 Ivan the Terrible Nov 11, 1552 Ivan the Terrible concurs the Tartar Nov 11, 1581 Cossacks begin conquering Siberia for Russia Jan 1, 1613 National Council elects Michael Romanov as tsar Nov 11, 1721 Russia acquires territory of modern Estonia and Latvia Period: Jan 1, 1772 to Jul 13, 1814 Russia conquers Crimea, Ukraine, Georgia, and what later became Belarus, Moldova, as well as parts of Poland Period: Nov 11, 1798 to Nov 11, 1815 Russia takes part in the European coalitions against Revolutionary and Napoleonic France, defeating Napoleon's invasion in 1812 Nov 11, 1825 Librel ideas to establish Constituon shot down Decembrist Revolt Period: Mar 10, 1845 to Nov 1, 1894 Alexander III (The Peace maker) Period: Nov 11, 1853 to Nov 11, 1857 Russia unable to win Crimean War Nov 11, 1861 Pesants began thinking of revoultionary ideas Nov 11, 1864 Central Asian Republics annexed Period: Jan 21, 1869 to Dec 30, 1916 Grigori Rasputin Period: Apr 22, 1870 to Jan 21, 1924 Vladamir Lennin Nov 12, 1878 Russia siezes land in Turkey Period: Dec 18, 1878 to Mar 5, 1953 Joseph Stalin Period: Nov 15, 1895 to Jul 17, 1918 Olga Nikolaevna Nov 12, 1897 Social Democratic Party Formed Period: Jun 18, 1901 to Jul 17, 1918 Anastasia Nikolaevna Period: Aug 12, 1904 to Jul 17, 1918 Alexei Nikolaevich Nov 12, 1905 Tsar Nicholas II graants a Constituion Nov 12, 1914 Russia Joins World War 1 Nov 11, 1918 Treaty of Brest-Litovsk ends war with Germany Period: Nov 12, 1918 to Nov 12, 1922 Civil war between Red Army and anti-communist White Russians Nov 12, 1922 USSR formed Period: Feb 1, 1931 to Apr 23, 2007 Boris Yeltsin Nov 12, 1939 Stalin signs agreement with Germany not ot fight Nov 12, 1941 USSR suprised by German attacks Nov 12, 1942 Batttle of Stalingrad Nov 15, 1945 Allies Win World War II Nov 15, 1947 Cold War Begins Nov 15, 1949 Russia detonates first nuclear bomb Arms race begin Period: Oct 7, 1952 to Nov 15, 2015 Vladamir Putin Nov 15, 1957 Russians send sputnik into orbit causing space race Nov 15, 1961 Yuri Gagarin becomes first person to orbit Earth in Vostok spacecraft Nov 15, 1962 Cuban Missle Crisis Nov 15, 1991 The Soviet union collapses Nov 15, 1994 Russia joins NATOs partnership for peace Mar 15, 2000 Vladimir Putin takes control Nov 15, 2012 Russia joins the World Trade Orginization Sep 15, 2015 Russia carries out airstrikes in Syria