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1667 - Truce of Andrusovo leads to Kyiv temporarily becoming part of the Tsardom of Russia. 1686 - Eternal Peace Treaty of 1686 makes the transfer to Russia permanent. 1693 - Cathedral of the Epiphany built. [4] 1696 - St. Nicholas Cathedral consecrated. [4] 1701 - Imperial Theological Academy formed. [4] 1708 - Kiev Governorate founded.
After 57 years as the capital of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic of the Soviet Union, the city became the capital of independent Ukraine in 1991. The city was the site of mass protests over the 2004 Ukrainian presidential election by supporters of opposition candidate Viktor Yushchenko beginning on 22 November 2004 at Independence Square.
World War I: Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia. 30 July: World War I: Russia mobilized its army to defend Serbia. 1 August: World War I: Germany declared war on Russia in defense of Austria-Hungary. 1915: 2 May: Gorlice–Tarnów offensive: The German army launched an offensive across the length of the Eastern Front. 4 August
The National Museum of the History of Ukraine in the Second World War is a memorial complex commemorating the Eastern Front of World War II in the hills on the right-bank of the Dnieper in Pechersk. Kyiv Fortress is the 19th-century fortification buildings situated in Ukrainian capital Kyiv, that once belonged to western Russian fortresses ...
Russia: 862 882 moved to Kiev Kiev Kievan Rus' Ukraine: 882 1169 state broke up, moved to Vladimir, Halych and Novgorod: Vladimir: Grand Duchy of Vladimir: Russia: 1169 1327 moved to Moscow: Bolghar: Volga Bulgaria: Russia: 8th century 1240s Volga Bulgaria lost sovereignty Kazan: Kazan Khanate: Russia: 1438 1552 Kazan Khanate lost sovereignty ...
The Millennium of Russia monument in Veliky Novgorod (unveiled on 8 September 1862). The history of Russia begins with the histories of the East Slavs. [1] [2] The traditional start date of specifically Russian history is the establishment of the Rus' state in the north in the year 862, ruled by Varangians.
"Rus' land" from the Primary Chronicle, a copy of the Laurentian Codex. During its existence, Kievan Rus' was known as the "Rus' land" (Old East Slavic: ро́усьскаѧ землѧ́, romanized: rusĭskaę zemlę, from the ethnonym Роусь, Rusĭ; Medieval Greek: Ῥῶς, romanized: Rhos; Arabic: الروس, romanized: ar-Rūs), in Greek as Ῥωσία, Rhosia, in Old French as Russie ...
The pre-history of Eurasia is characterized by a pattern of migration, invasion, melding of population and displacement and this is attributed to its location. [1] Its plains, which are nestled between the Baltic and Black seas, offer a wealth of natural resources and room for expansion, especially with easy access to river routes.