Topic summary
History of the Russian Federation
Russian President Vladimir Putin and U.S President Donald Trump posing for a photo during the 2025 Russia–United States Summit.
Vladimir Putin
Dmitry Medvedev
Vladimir Putin
- Boris Yeltsin
- Viktor Chernomyrdin
- Sergey Kiriyenko
- Yevgeny Primakov
- Sergei Stepashin
- Vladimir Putin
- Mikhail Kasyanov
- Mikhail Fradkov
- Viktor Zubkov
- Vladimir Putin
- Dmitry Medvedev
- Mikhail Mishustin
- Dissolution of the Soviet Union
- 1993 Russian constitutional crisis
- First Chechen War
- 1999 Russian apartment bombings
- Second Chechen War
- Moscow theater hostage crisis
- Beslan school siege
- Russo-Georgian war
- Great Recession
- Insurgency in the North Caucasus
- New START
- 2014 Winter Olympics
- 2014 Russian annexation of Crimea
- War in Donbas
- Russian intervention in the Syrian civil war
- 2018 FIFA World Cup
- COVID-19 pandemic
- Russian Invasion of Ukraine
- Wagner Group rebellion
- Crocus City Hall attack
862–1240: Ancient Rus'
1240–1547: Appanage Russia
1547–1917: Tsarist Russia
1917–1922: Russian Revolution
1922–1991: Soviet Russia
- NEP • Cultural revolution • Korenization • Stalinism • Collectivization • Industrialization • Gulag • Great Purge • Great Patriotic War • Cold War • Warsaw Pact • Comecon • Crimea
transfer • Era of Stagnation • Afghan War • Perestroika • Chernobyl disaster • Karabakh
War • Parade of sovereignties (War of Laws)
1991–present: Post-Soviet Russia
- August Coup • Belavezha Accords • Alma-Ata
Protocol • USSR dissolution • CIS • "Near
abroad" • Constitutional crisis • Privatization • CSTO • Chechen wars (1st • 2nd) • Oligarchy • Putinism • Five-Days War • Presidential terms
amendments • Eurasian Economic Union • Annexation of Crimea • War in Donbas • 2020 amendments • Invasion of Ukraine (Prelude • Mass emigration • Debt default • Sanctions • Mobilization • 2022 annexation)