Portal:Russia/Selected anniversaries

Portal:Russia/Selected anniversaries/January

January 7, 1598 - Feodor I of Russia died with no children.
January 15, 1714 - The northwestern territory of the Kazan Governorate was transferred to the newly established Nizhny Novgorod Governorate.
January 25, 1721 - Peter established the Holy Synod, a body of ten clergymen chaired by a secular official, that was to head the Russian Orthodox Church in lieu of the Patriarch of Moscow.
January 28, 1725 - Peter died of urinary problems. He failed to name a successor; one of Peter's closest advisers, Aleksandr Menshikov, convinced the Imperial Guard to declare in favor of Peter's wife Catherine I.
January 31, 1924 - The 1924 Soviet Constitution came into effect.

Portal:Russia/Selected anniversaries/February

February 28, 1609 - Vasili IV of Russia ceded border territory to Sweden in exchange for military aid against the government of False Dmitry II.
February 13, 1619 - Feodor Romanov, Michael's father, was released from Polish prison and allowed to return to Russia.
February 22, 1711 - Government reform of Peter the Great: Peter established the Governing Senate to pass laws in his absence.
February 27, 1768 - Repnin Sejm: Delegates of the Sejm adopted a treaty ensuring future Russian influence in Polish internal politics.
February 27, 1919 - Lithuania was absorbed into the Socialist Soviet Republic of Lithuania and Belorussia.

Portal:Russia/Selected anniversaries/March

March 5, 1303 - Daniel of Moscow died. His eldest son Yury succeeded him as Prince of Moscow.
March 16, 1434 - The army of Yury of Zvenigorod defeated the army of Vasily II. Vasily fled to Nizhny Novgorod.
March 18, 1584 - Ivan IV of Russia died of mercury poisoning. The throne fell to his mentally retarded son Feodor I; his son-in-law Boris Godunov took de facto charge of government.
March 24, 1794 - Kościuszko Uprising: An announcement by Tadeusz Kościuszko sparked a nationalist uprising in Poland.
March 29, 1809 - Diet of Porvoo: The four Estates of Finland swore allegiance to the Russian crown.

Portal:Russia/Selected anniversaries/April

April 1, 1434 - Yury of Zvenigorod arrived in Moscow and again declared himself the Grand Prince.
April 8, 1783 - The Crimean Khanate was incorporated into the Russian Empire.
April 20, 1876 - April Uprising of 1876: Bulgarian nationalists attacked the Ottoman police headquarters in Oborishte.
April 28, 1920 - With the Azerbaijani capital Baku under Eleventh Army occupation, the parliament agreed to transfer power to the Communist government of the Azerbaijan SSR.
April 30, 1975 - Fall of Saigon: The South Vietnamese capital of Saigon was captured by the People's Army of Vietnam.

Portal:Russia/Selected anniversaries/May

May 1, 1757 - Diplomatic Revolution: Under the Second Treaty of Versailles, Russia joined the Franco-Austrian military alliance.
May 5, 1762 - Seven Years' War: The Treaty of Saint Petersburg ended Russian participation in the war at no territorial gain.
May 18, 1792 - Polish–Russian War of 1792: The army of the Targowica Confederation, which opposed the liberal Polish Constitution of May 3, invaded Poland.
May 22, 1937 - Case of the Trotskyist Anti-Soviet Military Organization: Mikhail Tukhachevsky, a Marshal of the Soviet Union and hero of the Russian Civil War, was arrested.
May 23, 1991 - The Moldavian SSR became the Republic of Moldova.

Portal:Russia/Selected anniversaries/June

June 1, 1648 - Salt Riot: Upset over the introduction of a salt tax, the townspeople launched a rebellion in Moscow.
June 6, 1698 - Streltsy Uprising: Approximately four thousand streltsy overthrew their commanders and headed to Moscow, where they meant to demand the enthroning of the exiled Sophia Alekseyevna.
June 13, 1718 - Tsarevich Alexei Petrovich of Russia was put on trial for treason.
June 19, 1736 - Russo-Turkish War (1735–1739): The Russians captured Azov.
June 24, 1812 - French invasion of Russia (1812): The French army crossed the Neman River into Russia.

Portal:Russia/Selected anniversaries/July

July 8, 969 - Sviatoslav moved the capital from Kyiv to Pereyaslavets in Bulgaria
July 14, 1471 - Battle of Shelon: A Muscovite army defeated a numerically superior Novgorodian force.
July 15, 1240 - Battle of the Neva: The Novgorodian army defeated a Swedish invasion force at the confluence of the Izhora and Neva Rivers.
July 17, 1762 - Peter was overthrown by the Imperial Guard and replaced with his wife, Catherine II, The Great, on her orders.
July 24, 1783 - Threatened by the Persian and Ottoman Empires, the kingdom of Kartli-Kakheti signed the Treaty of Georgievsk under which it became a Russian protectorate.

Portal:Russia/Selected anniversaries/August

August 14, 1018 - Polish Expedition to Kiev: The Polish army captured Kiev; Yaroslav I the Wise fled to Novgorod.
August 15, 1327 - The ambassador of the Golden Horde was trapped and burned alive during an uprising in the Grand Duchy of Tver.
August 22, 1552 - Siege of Kazan (1552): Russian armed forces arrived at Kazan.
August 30, 1721 - Great Northern War: The Treaty of Nystad ended the war. Sweden ceded Estonia, Livonia and Ingria to Russia.
August 31, 1917 - Kornilov Affair: Lavr Kornilov was arrested.

Portal:Russia/Selected anniversaries/September

September 8, 1380 - Battle of Kulikovo: A Russian force defeated a significantly larger Blue Horde army at Kulikovo Field.
September 12, 1723 - Russo-Persian War (1722–1723): The Persian shah signed a peace treaty ceding the cities of Derbent and Baku and the provinces of Shirvan, Guilan, Mazandaran and Gorgan to the Russian Empire.
September 16, 1658 - Russo-Polish War (1654–1667): The Treaty of Hadiach established a military alliance between Poland and the Zaporozhian Cossacks, and promised the latter a separate state within the Commonwealth.
September 18, 1739 - Russo-Turkish War (1735–1739): The Treaty of Niš ended the war. Russia gave up its claims on Crimea and Moldavia and its navy was barred from the Black Sea.
September 25, 1768 - Russo-Turkish War (1768–1774): The Ottoman sultan declared war on Russia.

Portal:Russia/Selected anniversaries/October

October 2, 1552 - Siege of Kazan: The Russian army breached the walls of Kazan.
October 23, 1582 - Battle of Chuvash Cape: Russian soldiers dispersed the armed forces of the Khanate of Sibir from its capital, Qashliq.
October 24, 1813 - Russo-Persian War (1804–13): According to the Treaty of Gulistan, the Persian Empire ceded its Transcaucasian territories to Russia.
October 25, 1917 - October Revolution: Soldiers directed by the Military Revolutionary Committee of the Petrograd Soviet captured the Winter Palace, ending the power of the Russian Provisional Government.
October 26, 2002 - Moscow theater hostage crisis: The police pumped anesthetic into the building, then stormed it from every entrance. The subsequent gunfight left 42 terrorists and 120 hostages dead.

Portal:Russia/Selected anniversaries/November

November 1, 1612 - Polish–Muscovite War (1605–18): Russian patriots rising against the Poles recaptured the Kremlin.
November 4, 1794 - Battle of Praga: Russian troops captured the Praga borough of Warsaw and massacred its civilian population.
November 6, 1796 - Catherine the Great died. The throne fell to her son, Paul I.
November 19, 1825 - Alexander I of Russia died of typhus. The army swore allegiance to his eldest brother, the Grand Duke Konstantin Pavlovich. Constantine, however, following Alexander's choice of successor, swore allegiance to his younger brother, Nicholas I.
November 29, 1830 - November Uprising: A group of Polish nationalists attacked Belweder Palace, the seat of the Governor-General.

Portal:Russia/Selected anniversaries/December

December 3, 1533 - Vasili died; his son Ivan the Terrible, succeeded him. His wife Elena Glinskaya became regent.
December 11, 1618 - Polish–Muscovite War (1605–18): The Truce of Deulino ended the war. Russia ceded the city of Smolensk and the Chernihiv Voivodeship to Poland.
December 12, 1825 - Under pressure from Konstantin, Nicholas published Alexander's succession manifesto.
December 16, 1916 - Royal adviser Grigori Rasputin was murdered by a group of nobles in the house of Prince Felix Yusupov.
December 29, 1922 - The Treaty on the Creation of the USSR united its signatories, the Russian and Transcaucasian SFSRs and the Byelorussian and Ukrainian SSRs, under the power of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics.