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Russia Engages the World, 1453-1825
1453 Through the Reign of Ivan the Terrible (1533-1584) The Time of Troubles to the First Romanovs (1598-1682) Peter the Great and His Legacy (1682-1762) The Age of Catherine the Great (1762-1801) The Reign of Emperor Alexander I (1801-1825)

This chronology is not comprehensive but rather provides reference points for the history presented in Russia Engages the World, 1453–1825.

From the Fall of Constantinople (1453) through the Reign of Ivan the Terrible (1533–1584)

The Time of Troubles to the First Romanovs (1598–1682)

Peter the Great and his Legacy (1682–1762)

The Age of Catherine the Great (1762–1801)

The Reign of Emperor Alexander I (1801–1825)

The Rulers of Russia, 1425–1823

Russia's Globalization: A Key

Events marked Russia Symbol are specific to Muscovy/Russia's internal development. 
Those marked World Symbol are important world historical or cultural events.
Engagement Symbol indicates specific points of sociocultural or military engagement between Muscovy/Russia and foreign powers or individuals.


1762 Russia Symbol Catherine II, "the Great" (r. 1762–96), becomes Empress after a coup.
1763 World Symbol Diderot completes publication of his Encyclopédie.
1767–73 Russia Symbol An elected Legislative Commission meets to draft a new law code.
1768–74 Engagement Symbol The "Academy Expedition" surveys the natural, ethnographic, geographical, and economic resources of various regions of the Russian Empire.
1772, 1793, 1795 Engagement Symbol Poland is partitioned. Russia, Austria, and Prussia divide the territory among themselves.
1773–75 Russia Symbol The Pugachev uprising inflames south and east Russia.
1774 Engagement Symbol The First Russo-Turkish Wars (1768–74) is ended by the Treaty of Kuchuk-Kainardji. A second war with Turkey (1787–92) will conclude with the Treaty of Jassy (Iasi, in present-day Romania), under which the Ottoman Empire acknowledges Russian rule over the Crimean Khanate (annexed by Catherine in 1783), and Russian dominance of the Black Sea.
1789 World Symbol The U.S. Constitution is ratified. In France, the Bastille falls, and the French Revolution era begins.
1791 World Symbol Slaves revolt against French colonial rule on the island of Saint-Domingue (present-day Haiti).
1796 Russia Symbol Catherine's son, Paul I (r. 1796–1801), becomes Emperor.