Goths settle on western steppes of Russiaĥth century Bulgars settle middle Volga areaĨth century Khazars, a Turkish tribe, take control of the steppes, settle near the Volga Eastern Slavs establish themselves at Kiev in the south, Novgorod in the north, and Tmutarakan in the southeastĩth century Cyrillic alphabet developed by Cyril and Methodius Varangians make contact with Constantinople and keep trade route open to the south Rurik established at NovgorodĨ82 Oleg founds the Russian state at Kievĩ88 Conversion of Vladimir 1, ruler of Kiev, to Christianityġ019 - 1054 First code of Russian law established during reign of Prince Yaroslav the Wiseġ147 First mention of Moscow in the Russian Chroniclesġ156 First Kremlin, a wooden stockade, builtġ238 Batu, Genghis Khan's grandson, burns city of Moscow and the Kremlinġ240 Mongols sack Kiev Alexander Nevsky defeats the Swedes on the Nevaġ242 Alexander Nevsky defeats Teutonic knights at Lake Peipus (Lake Chudskoye)ġ272 Nevsky's son, Prince Daniel, inherits principality of Moscow and the Kremlinġ326 The center of the Orthodox Church is moved from Kiev to MoscowĬornerstone laid of Cathedral of the Assumptionġ326 - 1333 Cathedral of the Archangel Michael erectedġ328 Metropolitan see officially transferred from Vladimir to Moscow Ivan Kalita ("Moneybags") becomes grand princeġ330 Church of the Savior in the Forest completedġ337 Moscow and much of the Kremlin devastated by an uncontrollable flash fireġ339 Ivan Kalita begins rebuilding Kremlin, replacing its pine palisades with oak wallsġ353 Black Death ravages Russia, claiming Ivan's disciple and successor, Simeon the Proudġ359 - 1374 Grand Prince Dmitri, Ivan's grandson, replaces wooden stockade with stone walls and new towersġ368 Lithuanians attack Moscow, burning all houses outside the Kremlin wallsġ370 Citizens of Tver, in league with the Lithuanians, burn Kremlin environs a second timeġ380 Dmitri defeats Khan Mamai at Kulikovo pole, near the river Don, destroying myth of Mongol invincibilityġ382 Khan Tokhtamysh sacks Moscow, captures Kremlin through deceptionġ389 Kremlin spared in third burning of Moscowġ396 - 1416 Building of first Cathedral of the Annunciationġ408 - 1409 Kremlin walls, mounted with cannon, withstand Tatar raidġ425 - 1452 Civil war between Muscovite princesġ453 Constantinople captured by the Turksġ468 Ivan III marries Sophia, the only niece of the last Byzantine emperorġ471 Two Russian architects lay the foundations for new Cathedral of the Assumptionġ472 Unfinished cathedral collapses during earthquake Ivan III (the Great) marries ZoE Palaeologaġ474 Ivan dispatches first mission to Venice to hire architects to construct new Kremlinġ475 Aristotele Fieraventi arrives in Moscow, begins rebuilding the Cathedral of the Assumptionġ478 Cathedral of the Assumption completedġ480 Ivan III (the Great) finally defeats Tartars, and absorbs Tver and Vyatka into Muscovyġ482 - 1490 Construction of second Cathedral of the Annunciation, designed by Russian architects Marco Ruffo and Pietro Solario reconstruct Kremlin walls and towersġ484 - 1493 Additional envoys dispatched to secure assistance of Western European artisansġ487 - 1491 Palace of Facets and lower section of Savior Tower, Kremlin's main gate, finishedġ490 Forest Gate built by Solario, chief architect of the Italianate Kremlinġ493 Ivan III evacuates fire-damaged quarters in Kremlinġ505 Alevisio Novi commissioned to rebuild the Cathedral of the Archangel Michael death of Ivan the Greatġ508 First section of Terem Palace finishedġ510 Moat built along east side of Kremlinġ515 Frescoes of Cathedral of the Assumption finishedġ534 - 1538 Masonry walls erected around the perimeter of the Kitai Gorod, Moscow's trade centerġ547 Ivan IV crowned Tsar and Autocrat of All the Russias in the Cathedral of the Assumption fire destroys 25,000 dwellings in Moscow and badly damages the Cathedral of the Annunciationġ549 First zemski sobor (parliament) convenedġ552 Russians capture Kazan from Tartars and start the trek east to the Pacificġ553 English adventurer Richard Chancellor visits the Kremlin Muscovy Company establishedġ556 Astrakhan, last Tatar enclave, falls to Ivan's armyġ558 Grigory Stroganov begins development in the eastġ560 Cathedral of Saint Basil the Blessed consecrated Moscow dubbed "the Third Rome"ġ565 Foreign Office constructed within Kremlin walls, Reign of Terror beginsġ581 Yermak leads expedition to Siberia, defeats the Tatarsġ584 Death of Ivan the Terrible and appointment of Boris Godunov as Lord Protector beginning of the "Time of Troubles"ġ586 Forty-ton Tsar pushka, world's largest cannon, cast in Moscow and displayed in Cathedral Squareġ589 Metropolitan of Moscow elevated to the rank of patriarch Founding of Greek colonies on the Black Sea coast occupation of south Russian steppe by Scythiansģrd century A.D.
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