Early Times
Primeval Human Society
The Matriarchal Clan
The Patriarchal Clan
Earliest States on the Territory of Our Country
Earliest Slaveowning States in the Caucasus and Central Asia
Peoples of the Northern Black Sea Region
Nomads of Asia (from the 3rd century B.C. to the 8th century A.D.)
Early Feudal States in Transcaucasia
Peoples of Central Asia in the Struggle against the Arabs
Khazars and Bulgars on the Volga
The Kiev State
Formation of the Kiev State
The Slavs in the 6th–9th Centuries
Union of Eastern Slavs around Kiev
Introduction of Christianity into Kiev Rus
Disintegration of the Kiev State
Establishment of Feudalism in the Kiev State
Feudal Disunity in Eastern Europe and Central Asia
Feudal Principalities in the 12th and 13th Centuries
Intensification of Feudal Disunity
The Galich-Volhynsk Principality in the 12–13th Centuries
The Principality of Rostov-Suzdal
The Land of Novgorod
Transcaucasia and Central Asia in the 11th–12th Centuries
Mongol Conquests in the 13th Century
The Empire of Genghis Khan
The Conquest of Eastern Europe
Transcaucasia and Central Asia under the Rule of the Mongols
The Struggle against German and Swedish Feudal Lords
Seizures by the German Feudal Lords in the Baltic
Struggle of Novgorod and Pskov against the Swedish and German Feudal Lords
The Grand Duchy of Lithuania
Formation of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania
Social System of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania
The Grand Principality of Vladimir
The Principalities of Northeastern Rus
Novgorod and Pskov in the 14th and 15th Centuries
The Rise of Moscow
Strengthening of the Moscow Principality
Beginning of the Struggle against the Tatars
The Feudal Struggle in the First Half of the 15th Century
The Empire of Timur and the Decline of the Golden Horde
The Empire of Timur. The Uzbeks
Peoples of the Volga Region under the Rule of the Tatars
The Crimean Khanate
The Siberian Khanate. The Kazakhs
Creation of the Russian National State
The Reign of Ivan III and Vasili III
Territorial Formation of the Russian State
Liberation from the Tatar Yoke. The Conquests of Ivan III
Russian Social and State Structure at the End of the 15th Century
Expansion of the Russian State and Its Transformation into a Multi-National Realm
The Reign of Ivan IV
The Rule of the Boyars. Reforms of the 1550s
The Wars of Tsar Ivan IV
The Oprichnina
End of the Livonian War
Subjugation of the People of Western Siberia at the End of the 16th Century
Crafts and Trade in Russia in the 16th Century
Life and Culture in the 16th Century
The Peoples of Russia in the 17th Century
The Peasant War and the Struggle against Polish and Swedish Intervention in Russia at the Beginning of the 17th Century
The Russian State before the Peasant War
Attempts of the Polish Gentry to Subjugate the Russian State. False Dimitry I
Peasant Insurrection under the Leadership of Bolotnikov
Polish and Swedish Hostilities in 1608–1610
Struggle of the Russian People against the Polish Invaders
Autocracy in Russia in the 17th Century
Reign of Mikhail Romanov
Foreign Policy after the Peasant War
Feudal Serf Economy
Uprisings in the Cities in the Middle of the 17th Century
Organs of Government of the Russian State
Nikon's Church Reform and the Schism
The Ukraine and Byelorussia in the 17th Century
The Ukraine and Byelorussia under Polish Dominion
The Struggle of the Ukrainian People against Poland
Incorporation of the Ukraine into the Russian State. War with Poland
Popular Uprisings in Russia in the Second Half of the 17th Century
The Moscow Uprising of 1662
The Volga Region in the 17th Century
Popular Uprising under the Leadership of Stepan Razin
Life and Culture in the 17th Century Russia
Education
Moscow, the Capital
The Peoples of Siberia in the 17th Century
Eastern Siberia in the 17th Century
Conquest and Colonization of Eastern Siberia
Transcaucasia and Central Asia in the 16th and 17th Centuries
Transcaucasia in the 16th and 17th Centuries
Central Asia in the 16th and 17th Centuries
Important Dates in the History of the U.S.S.R. (From Ancient Times until the End of the 17th Century)