Events+and+Leaders+of+the+Russian+Tsars


 * __Events and Leaders__**

**The Early Years**

860 -Rurik rules Novgorod according to the earliest found chronicle of Kievan Rus [] 880 -Prince Oleg becomes the first historically known leader of Kievan Rus []  911 -Prince Oleg makes treaty with Byzantine Empire after attacking Constantinople 944 -Prince Igor convinces Constantinople to sign treaty with Kievan Rus 955 -Princess Olga converts to Christianity 971 -Prince Svyatoslav makes peace with Byzantine Empire. 988 -Prince Vladimir converts Kievan Rus' to Christianity.  1015 -Rurik Princess goes into fratricidal war that continues into 1036 after Prince Vladimir’s death 1019 - Prince Yaroslav (the Wise) takes power of Kievan Rus [] 1036 -Prince Yaroslav ends fratricidal war 1037 - Prince Yaroslav defeats Pechenegs 1051 - Ilarion becomes first native metropolitan of Orthodox Church in Kievan Rus.  1113-25 -Kievan Rus experiences revival under Grand Prince Vladimir Monomakh. 1136 -Kievan Rus gives independence to Novgorod 1147 -Chronicles first mention Moscow 1156 -Novgorod acquires its own archbishop 1169 -Andrey Bogolyubskiy assumes title "Grand Prince of Kiev and all Rus'" but chooses to reside in Suzdal  1219-41 -Kiev falls to Mongols without resisting [] 1242 -Aleksandr Nevskiy fends off Teutenic Knights 1253 -Prince Daniil accepts rule from pope  1327 -Mongols give Ivan Kalita ("Money Bags") the title off "Grand Prince of Vladimir" 1327 -Moscow becomes seat of metropolitan of Russian Orthodox Church 1351 -Bubonic Plague infests Russia 1380 -Mongols continue to dominate even after Dmitriy Donskoy defeats Golden Horde at Battle of Kulikovo  1462 -Ivan the great becomes grand prince of Muscovy and is the first person to use the term “Tsar” which means “Ruler of Rus” 1478 -Muscovy defeats Novgorod. 1480 -Ivan frees Russian's from the Mongols [] 1485 -Muscovy conquers Tver.  <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Georgia, serif; color: #800000;">1505 -Vasiliy III becomes grand prince of Muscovy. 1510 -Muscovy conquers Pskov. 1533 -Grand Prince Ivan IV named ruler of Muscovy at age three. 1547 -Ivan IV (the Terrible) crowned tsar of Muscovy [] 1552 -Ivan IV conquers Kazan' Khanate. 1556 -Ivan IV conquers Astrakhan' Khanate. 1565 -Oprichnina of Ivan IV creates a state within the state. 1571 -Tatars raid Moscow. 1581 -Yermak begins conquest of Siberia. 1584 -Fedor I crowned tsar. 1589 -Patriarchate of Moscow established. 1596 -Union of Brest establishes Uniate Church. 1598 -Fedor dies and Rurik Dynasty ends. Boris Godunov named tsar <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Georgia, serif; color: #800000;"> <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Georgia, serif; color: #800000;">1601 -Three years of famine begin. 1605 -Fedor II crowned tsar 1606 -Vasiliy Shuyskiy named tsar. 1610 -Second False Dmitriy proclaimed tsar. 1610-13 -Poles occupy Moscow. 1611-12 -Russians organize counterattack on Poles 1613 -Mikhail Romanov crowned tsar, founding Romanov Dynasty 1631 -Metropolitan Mogila (Mohyla) founds academy in Kiev. 1645 -Aleksey crowned tsar. 1648 -Ukrainian Cossacks revolt against Polish landowners and gentry 1649 -Serfdom fully established by law. 1654 -Treaty of Pereyaslavl places Ukraine under tsarist rule. 1667 -Treaty of Andrusovo ends war with Poland. 1670-71 -Stenka Razin leads revolt. 1676 -Fedor III crowned tsar [] 1689 -Treaty of Nerchinsk ends period of conflict with China. 1696 -Ivan V dies, leaving Peter the Great sole tsar
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