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History of the Russian Federation

History of Russia since the dissolution of the Soviet UnionRussian President Vladimir Putin and U.S President Donald Trump posing for a photo during the 2025 Russia–United States Summit.LocationRussiaIncludingPost–Cold War eraPresident(s)Boris YeltsinVladimir PutinDmitry MedvedevVladimir PutinPrime MinistersBoris YeltsinViktor ChernomyrdinSergey KiriyenkoYevgeny PrimakovSergei StepashinVladimir PutinMikhail KasyanovMikhail FradkovViktor ZubkovVladimir PutinDmitry MedvedevMikhail MishustinKey eventsDissolution of the Soviet Union1993 Russian constitutional crisisFirst Chechen War1999 Russian apartment bombingsSecond Chechen WarMoscow theater hostage crisisBeslan school siegeRusso-Georgian warGreat RecessionInsurgency in the North CaucasusNew START2014 Winter Olympics2014 Russian annexation of CrimeaWar in DonbasRussian intervention in the Syrian civil war2018 FIFA World CupCOVID-19 pandemicRussian Invasion of UkraineWagner Group rebellionCrocus City Hall attack862–1240: Ancient Rus'Rurik • Baptism of Rus' • Russkaya Pravda • Council of Liubech • Council of Uvetichi • Mongol conquest1240–1547: Appanage RussiaBlack Death • Battle of Kulikovo • MuscoviteCivil War • Great Stand on the Ugra River • Sudebnik of 14971547–1917: Tsarist RussiaTime of Troubles • Zemsky Sobor • Treaty ofNystad • Petrovian reforms • Patriotic War • Decembrist Revolt • Emancipation reform • Russo-Japanese War • 1905 Revolution • October Manifesto • Second Patriotic War1917–1922: Russian RevolutionFebruary Revolution • Provisional Government • Dvoyevlastiye • July Days • Kornilov affair • Directorate • Constituent Assembly (election) • Bolshevik Coup • Civil War • White Guard • Red Army • Soviet-Polish War • PriamuryeGovt.

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