Russia Timeline By grossi911 1682 Peter the Great becomes Tsar of Russia 1768 Russian-Turkish War 1812 Napolean invades Russia in the winter 1853 The Crimean War 1898 The Russian Social Democrat Labor Party is founded 1903 Trans-Siberian Railroad was completed 1905 Port Arthur is taken by the Japanese 1907 The Triple Entente is formed 1921 Russian CivIl War Ends 1927 Stalin consolidates power at the 15th party congress 1990 The fall of the Soviet Union 2014 Russian invasion of the Ukraine