1462
Russia gains independence from Mongols
1480
Moscow freed and totally economically dependent from Monglos. Expansion South
1533-1584
Ivan IV. Boyards power decreased.
1552-1556
Russia expands to Central Asia & West Siberia
1604-1613
Times of Trouble
1613-1617
Romanov Dynasty.
1637
Russian pioneers to Pacific
1649
LAW: Serfdom is now hereditable
1689-1725
Peter the Great Reign
1700-1721
Wars of Sweden
1703
St. Petersburg as new capital.
1762-1796
Catherine the Great (Catherine II) reign
1773-1775
Pugachev Revolt
1772, 1793, 1795
Partition of Poland (between Austria, Perussia, Russia)
1785
LAW: Tightened power landlord to surf