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History

1147 Prince Yuri Dolgoruky founds Moscow
1157
Original towers and walls of the Kremlin are completed
1237-38
Moscow is sacked by Tatars
c. 1330
Moscow becomes the seat of the Russian Orthodox Church; Ivan I constructs the Assumption Cathedral
1475-79
Grand Duke Ivan III (the Great) throws off Tatar rule
1533
Ivan IV (the Terrible) becomes Grand Duke of Moscow at three years of age
1547
Ivan the Terrible adopts the title 'tsar'
1552 & 1556
Battles against the Tatars; vanquishing of the 'Golden Horde'
1584
Ivan the Terrible dies; Fyodor succeeds him
1598
Boris Gudonov becomes tsar
1604
Pretender to the throne invades from Poland
1613
Poles are ousted from Moscow; Russian noblemen elect Michael Romanov as tsar
1682-96
Ivan V rules; the succession is disputed
c. 1695
Peter the Great takes the throne and embarks on dramatic reforms to modernise Russia
1703
Peter the Great decides to transfer the capital from Moscow to St Petersburg
1712
St Petersburg becomes Russia's capital city
1725
Death of Peter the Great
c. 1762-96
Catherine the Great rules Russia
Jun 1812
Napoleon invades Russia with half a million soldiers
7 Sep 1812
French and Russian armies clash at Borodino Field, 110km (70 miles) from Moscow
14 Sep 1812
Following withdrawal of Russian forces, Napoleon enters Moscow - but the city is empty and fires break out
Autumn 1812
Napoleon retreats from Moscow
1825
Decembrist Revolt fails; the monarchy is preserved and Nicholas I ascends the throne
1861
Alexander II abolishes serfdom
1891-1905
Construction of the Trans-Siberian Railway
1905
Nicholas II concedes to the creation of a constitution and Duma (parliament)
Oct 1917
Bolsheviks, led by Vladimir Ilyich Lenin, depose the Government; civil war continues until 1920
1918
Moscow becomes the capital again
1924
Lenin dies
1939
Joseph Stalin signs non-aggression pact with Nazi Germany
Jun 1941
Germans invade Russia and advance to within a few hundred miles of Moscow
1953
Stalin is succeeded by Nikita Kruschev
1980
Moscow hosts the Summer Olympics
Mar 1985
Mikhail Gorbachev becomes general secretary and introduces glasnost and perestroika
1989
The first open elections since 1917
1990
Moscow party chief Boris Yeltsin is elected chairman of the Russian Republic
Jun 1991
Boris Yeltsin is elected as president
31 Dec 1991
Soviet Union ceases to exist; the Russian flag is unfurled on top of the Kremlin
1994
Moscow's mayor decides to rebuild Church of Christ the Saviour
1997
Celebrations for Moscow's 850th anniversary
17 Aug 1998
Rouble collapses



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