Russia and Eastern Europe

Mongols

Jan 25, 1300

Invade Kievan Rus'- contributed to delayed development compared to the rest of Europe

Ivan III

Jan 22, 1440

Creates Empire.
enemy- Poland
3goals: end golden horde, absord many russians into muscovy as possible, and make himself unchallenged ruler of his country

Imperial Russia/ Tsars'

Jan 25, 1500

Ivan IV

Aug 25, 1530

-the boyards power was stripped and put under the oprichniki, as a result it lead to civil war
-drove east

Romanov

Jan 25, 1613

Tsar Mchael Romanov, extend russian land and curbs the power of the boyars, and strengthens autocratic power of the tsar.

Westernize

Jan 1, 1672

Perter The Great, reform minded czar. Peter created policy for Russia to follow in oder to westernize.

Catherine The Great ‘s Reign (1762-1796)

Jul 9, 1762

• 3 Partitions- Destroyed Poland and Lithuania- Expanded territory, but was not a good ruler when it came to domestic governing

Partitions of Poland

Aug 5, 1775

Three partitons that ended the existence of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonweath. Resulting in the elimination of sovereign Poland, the partitions were perpetrated by the Russian Empire , the Kingdom of Prussia and Habsburg Austria. They divided up the Commonwealth lands among themselves progressively in the process of territorial seizures.

Death of Catherine the Great

Nov 17, 1796

Revolution/Communism

Jan 25, 1818

-Marxism came to Russia when Ottoman Turks were rising to power in the 1800's
-Czar converted the citizeens into Eastern Orthodox Christians
-Serfs were emancipated in 1861 by Czar Alexander II

Final Decline of Ottoman Empire

Oct 29, 1923

Declined after World War I.

Purges

Jan 1, 1936

Under joseph Stalin, tens of millions or people were executed or imprisoned in camps.

Cold War

Jan 25, 1947

During WWII the U.S. and Soviet Union fought together as allies against Axis power. The relation ship between the two power houses grew tense. Resulted in a war with out fighting, or a gobal super power stand off.

Capitalism

Jan 25, 1950

The post WWII economic expansion and prosperity in the western countries, aka The Golden Age of Capitalism.

Balkon Wars

Jan 25, 2012

Lithuania

Jan 25, 2012

Current Map of Russia

Feb 2, 2012

Current Russian Map

Period: Feb 4, 2012 to Feb 5, 2012

Slavs

Mar 2, 2022

Indigenous people who came from Asia

Scandinavians/Kiev

Mar 2, 2022

Batu Khan launched invation into Kievan Rus'. Within the following year they will destory major cites, moved the russian Orthodox Church to Moscow.