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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.
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This is a timeline of Russian history, comprising important legal and territorial changes and political events in Russia and its predecessor states. To read about the background to these events, see History of Russia. See also the list of leaders of Russia.
The formal end to Tatar rule over Russia was the defeat of the Tatars at the Great Stand on the Ugra River in 1480. Ivan III (r. 1462–1505) and Vasili III (r. 1505–1533) had consolidated the centralized Russian state following the annexations of the Novgorod Republic in 1478, Tver in 1485, the Pskov Republic in 1510, Volokolamsk in 1513, Ryazan in 1521, and Novgorod-Seversk in 1522.
Upon the Soviet Union's collapse, the new Russian government was forced to manage the huge state enterprise sector inherited from the Soviet economy.Privatization was carried out by the State Committee for State Property Management of the Russian Federation under Anatoly Chubais with the primary goal being to transform the formerly state-owned enterprises into profit-seeking businesses, which ...
A Concise History of Russia (2011) excerpt and text search; Catchpole, Brian. A Map History of Russia (Heinemann Educational Publishers, 1974), new topical maps. Cracraft, James. ed. Major Problems in the History of Imperial Russia (1993), historiography. Figes, Orlando. Natasha's Dance: A Cultural History of Russia (2003). Freeze, George (2002).
The Soviet Union: History, Culture, Geography; The Soviet Colossus: A History of the U.S.S.R., 1985 [1] Modernization and Revolution in China (co‑author with June Grasso and Jay Corrin), 1991 [1] The Columbia Guide to the Cold War, 1998 [1] The Columbia Guide to Hiroshima and the Bomb, 2007 [1]