- First humans (45,000 years ago)
- Bosporan Kingdom (480 - 107 BC)
- Khazars (650-969 AD)
- Rus Khaganate (830-899 AD)
- Kievan Rus (879-1240 AD)
- Novgorod Republic (1136-1478)
- Mongol invades Russia (1223-1480)
- Grand Duchy of Moscow (1263-1547)
- Tsardom of Russia (1547-1721)
- Russo-Persian War (1722-1723)
- Livonian War (1558-1583)
- Conquest of Siberia (1580 - 17th century)
- Time of Troubles (1598-1613)
- First Russo-Polish War (1654-1667)
- Russian Empire (1721-1917)
- Seven Years War (1756-1763)
- Anglo-Russian War (1807-1812)
- Napoleon invades Russia (1812)
- Decembrist Revolt (1825)
- Second Russo-Persian War (1826-1828)
- Crimean War (1853-1856)
- Serfdom is abolished (1861)
- Russo-Japanese War (1904-1905)
- First Russian Revolution (1905-1907)
- World War I (1914-1918)
- Second Russian Revolution (1917)
- Russian Civil War (1917-1923)
- Soviet Union (1922-1991)
- Great Purge (1936-1938)
- World War II (1939-1945)
- Germany invades Soviet Union (1941)
- Cold War (1947-1991)
- Dissolution of Soviet Union (1988-1991)
- Russian Federation (1991 - now)
- Vladimir Putin becomes President (2000)
- Annexation of Crimean peninsula (2014)
(This post includes any nation or civilization that occupied at least a portion of Russia at some point. Unless specified otherwise, the dates correspond to when a nation or civilization existed, but do not necessarily correspond to occupation of Russia.)
