The history of Russia

Timeline of historical events

Russia and its people

Kievan Russia and the Mongol experience

Muscovite Russia, 1240-1613

Russia under the Romanovs : empire and expansion, 1613-1855

Reform, reaction, and revolution, 1855-1921

Building communism, 1921-1953

De-Stalinization and developed socialism, 1953-1985

Gorbachev, perestroika, and the collapse of communism

Russia's search for democracy : the Yeltsin era

Return to authoritarianism : Putin and after

Notable people in the history of Russia

Glossary of selected terms.