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Russia & The Former USSR
Early Russian Timeline
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500 700A.D.
SLAVS INHABIT EASTERN EUROPE
800

900
VIKING TRADERS (RUS) ESTABLISH CITY/KINGDOM OF KIEV
RUSSIA IS EVENTUALLY NAMED FOR THE RUS (RUS = RUSSIA)
988
CHRISTIANITY  (EASTERN ORTHODOX) BECOMES OFFICIAL RELIGION OF KIEVAN RUSSIA
1237     
MONGOLS INVADE RUSSIA
1240
CAPTURE KIEV
RUSSIA IS THE WESTERN OUTPOST OF THE MONGOL EMPIRE
1480
IVAN III (MUSCOVITE PRINCE) OVERTHROWS MONGOL RULE
CENTER OF RUSSIAN LEADERSHIP MOVES FROM KIEV TO MOSCOW
1547
IVAN IV (THE TERRIBLE) CROWNS HIMSELF TSAR (CSAR)
RUSSIA BEGINS A PERIOD OF VAST EXPANSION
1597
SERFDOM ESTABLISHED
1613
MICHAEL ROMANOV ELECTED TSAR
ROMANOV FAMILY WILL RULE FOR 304 YEARS
1637
EASTWARD RUSSIAN EXPANSION REACHES THE PACIFIC OCEAN
1682 1697 1703 1723 1725
PETER THE GREAT RULES
PETER IS EDUCATED IN THE WEST
BUILDS NEW CAPITAL - ST. PETERSBURG, "THE WINDOW ON THE WEST"
1762
1796
CATHERINE (II) THE GREAT RULES
RUSSIA EXPANDS TO THE WEST AND SOUTH
1812

NAPOLEAN INVADES RUSSIA
CLIMATE & PEOPLE DEFEAT HIS ARMY
"RESPECT FROM "THE WEST"