|
Date |
Event |
|
1547 |
Ivan IV..
The Terrible., at 17, crowned Czar of Russia in Moscow |
|
1584 |
Fyodor I, son of Ivan IV, who relinquishes most of his
power to his brother in law,
Boris Godunov |
|
1598 |
Dimitri, son of Ivan the Terrible, assassinated on
instigation of Godunov, regent. (1591) |
|
1605 |
Boris Bodunov seizes throne upon death of Fyodor I
False Dimitri claiming to be son of Ivan IV appears in Poland and wins
support for an invasion of Russia. (1601)
Time of Troubles begins, no clear government.
Fyodor II succeeds his father, Godunov. False Dimitri
enters - Russia and Fyodor II is assassinated.
Dimitri crowned Czar |
|
1606 |
Vasily Shuiski assassinates Dimitri and is elected Czar
Vasily IV |
|
1608 |
Second False Dimitri defeats Czar Shuiski~ advances
toward Moscow |
|
1610 |
Czar Shuiski deposed, throne offered to Vladislav of
Poland - End of Time of Troubles |
|
1613 |
Michael Romanov, son of the patriarch of Moscow. elected
Czar of Russia, thus founding the House of Romanov |
|
1645 |
Alexis I, son of Michael Romanov, succeeds the throne |
|
1676 |
Feodor III, son of Alexis I, succeeds the throne |
|
1682 |
Peter I, brother of Feodor III, becomes Czar at age 10.
but his half-sister Sophia engineers a palace revolt and becomes Regent.
making Peter co-czar with his half brother, Ivan V |
|
1689 |
Peter I deposes Sophie. Marries first wife. Eudoxia
Lopukhina |
|
1696 |
Peter I, the Great, becomes sole Czar upon death of Ivan V.
-divides Russia into 8 government districts in 1708
-marries his mistress Catherine~ a former peasant in
1712
-has his son and Heir, Alexis murdered. (Alexis had
married Charlotte, has one son)
-crowns his wife, Catherine~ Czarina (1724) |
|
1725 |
Catherine I succeeds throne |
|
1727 |
Peter I, grandson of Peter the Great, son of Alexius and
Charlotte Wolfenhuttel |
|
1730 |
Anna Ivanovna, daughter of Ivan V (Reign of Major
Generals) |
|
1740 |
Ivan VI,, Anna Ca______ Regent, (niece of Anna Ivanovna) |
|
1741 |
Elizabeth, daughter of Peter the Great becomes czarina,
Ivan VI deposed and imprisoned. |
|
1762 |
Peter III, qrandson of Peter the Great, son of Charles
____ and Anna Petronova. Peter III dies by assassination, his wife,
Catherine thought to be involved. |
|
1762 |
Catherine II, the Great |
|
1796 |
Paul I, son of Catherine II (Anhalt Zerhst), succeeds the
throne after murder of Catherine by her lovers, the Orloff brothers. |
|
1801 |
Alexander I succeeds throne, Paul I assassinated |
|
1825 |
Nicholas I succeeds throne upon death of Alexander I |
|
1855 |
Alexander II succeeds throne upon death of Nicholas I,
abolished the serf system |
|
1881 |
Alexander III Succeeds throne after father, Alexander II
is killed by terrorist bomb |
|
1894 |
Nicholas II succeeds throne upon death of his father,
Alexander III.
Russian Socialist Democratic Party founded by Karl Marx
1898
Gregory
Rasputin
dominated affairs of government |
|
1917 |
Revolution
in February
Czar abdicates March 16.
Lenin appointed Chief Commissar |
|
1918 |
Nicholas II overthrown by Bolsheviks, executed with his
family
Provisional Government — Prince George Lvov
Alexander Kerensky drove Bolsheviks (Lenin) underground |
|
1922 |
U.S.S.R. established |
|
1924 |
Lenin died, Stalin begins rise to power |
|
1953 |
(Stalin dies) Malenkov |
|
1955 |
Bulganin |
|
1956 |
Khrushchev |
|
1964 |
Brezhnev |
|
1983 |
Gorbachev |
| 1991 |
Communist party abolished - Yeltsin President of Russia |
