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| 1629 | Birth |  |
| 10th Mar Birth of Alexis I Mikhaylovich, son of Tsar Michael & Eudoxia |
| 1645 | Succession | |
| Moscow Alexis 's tutor, Morozov, runs the government, 1645-1659 |
| Moscow Succeeds as Tsar of Russia |
| 1648 | Exile of Alexis I Mikhaylovich | |
| Has his tutor & regent exiled after the rebellion of Moscow to save his life |
| 1648 | Marriage | |
| Marries Maria Miloslavskaia |
| 1648 | Parliament | |
| Opens the Zemski Sobor, Parliament, to redress grievances |
| 1648 | Rebellion | |
| Ukraine Bogdan Chmielnicki leads a Cossack rebellion in the Ukraine |
| Moscow The rebellion leeds to the drafting of a new code of law, Sobornoe Ulozhenie |
| 1649 | Reform | |
| New Law Code, Sobornoe ulozhenie |
| Moscow Parliament produces the Code of Law, Ulozhenie, to redress widespread discontent |
| Promulgates the Soborn Ulozheniye, a code of laws for legitimizing serfdom |
| 1650 | Rebellion | |
| Novgorod A rebellion at Novgorod is caused by bad harvests, plague & oppression by landlords |
| Pskov A rebellion at Pskov is caused by bad harvests, plague & oppression by landlords |
| 1652 | Reform | |
| Begins reforms of the Russian Church based on the Greek Church |
| 1653 | Unification | |
| 1st Oct Ukraine The Zemski Sobor votes to incorporate the Ukraine into Russia |
| 1654 | Battle of Borisov | |
| Sep Borisov Defeats a Polish force at Boris ov |
| 1654 | Capture of Kiev | |
| Sep Kiev A Russian force captures Kiev |
| Sep Kiev The Russians capture Kiev |
| 1654 | Capture of Lithuania | |
| Sep River Berezina Advances as far as the River Berezina |
| Sep Lithuania Captures Lithuania after the battle of Boris ov |
| 1654 | Capture of Smolensk | |
| Smolensk Russia captures Smolensk & advances into Poland & Lithuania |
| 26th Sep Smolensk Captures Smolensk after a 3 month siege |
| 1654 | Declaration of War | |
| Begins an unsuccessful War against Sweden |
| Ukraine Declared after the Ukraine is placed under the Tsar's protection by the Cossacks |
| Launches his first war against Poland |
| 1654 | Invasion of Lithuania | |
| Lithuania Alexis leads an army of 100,000 into Lithuania |
| 1654 | Invasion of Ukraine | |
| Ukraine A Russian force of 40,000 invades the Ukraine |
| 1654 | Rule of Cossacks | |
| The Cossacks recognize the suzerainty of Moscow |
| 1654 | Rule of Ukraine | |
| Ukraine The Cossacks place the Ukraine under the protection of the Tsar |
| 1654 | Siege of Smolensk | |
| 2nd July Solensk 1st day of the Russian siege of Smolensk |
| 1654 | Treaty of Pereiaaslavl | |
| Pereiaaslavl The Cossacks place the Ukraine under the protection of the Tsar |
| 1655 | Invasion of Poland | |
| River Niemen Alexis advances as far as the River Niemen & proclaims himself Grand Duke of Lithuania |
| 1655 | Rule of Lithuania | |
| Lithuania Alexis advances as far as the River Niemen & proclaims himself Grand Duke of Lithuania |
| 1656 | Rule of Little | |
| 3rd Nov Little Under the treaty of Vilna Poland cedes Little Russia Russia to Russia |
| 1656 | Rule of White | |
| 3rd Nov White Under the treaty of Vilna Poland cedes White Russia to Russia |
| 1656 | Treaty of Nimieza | |
| 3rd Nov Nimieza An alliance is formed between Poland & Russia against Sweden |
| 3rd Nov Nimieza The war is terminated & a 3 yr truce is signed between Russia & Poland |
| 1656 | Treaty of Vilno | |
| 3rd Nov Vilno Poland cedes White & Little Russia to Russia |
| 3rd Nov Vilno Russia makes peace with Poland to fight Sweden which has just invaded Poland |
| 1658 | Peace | |
| Dec Makes peace having failed to succesfully attack Riga & Livonia |
| Dec Russia signs a 3 yr truce with Sweden |
| 1658 | Siege of Livonia | |
| Dec Livonia Makes peace having failed to succesfully attack Riga & Livonia |
| 1658 | Siege of Riga | |
| Dec Riga Makes peace having failed to succesfully attack Riga & Livonia |
| 1660 | Capture of Smolensk | |
| Solensk Captures Smolensk from Poland |
| 1660 | Declaration of War | |
| Launches his a 2nd attack against Poland |
| 1660 | Treaty of Kardis | |
| Kardis The status quo is confirmed between Sweden, Russia & Poland |
| 1661 | Treaty of Kardis | |
| 21st June Kardis Confirms the Armistice agreed with Sweden in 1658 |
| 1662 | Rebellion | |
| Moscow A rebellion at Moscow is caused by bad harvests, plague & oppression by landlords |
| 1667 | Armistice | |
| Andrusovo The Armistice of Andrusovo with Poland |
| 1667 | Economy | |
| New Commercial Regulations keep foreigners out of trade & impose high import tariffs |
| 1667 | Rebellion | |
| Outbreak of peasant rebellions |
| The rebellion of Stenka Razin breaks out |
| 1667 | Reform | |
| New Commercial Regulations keep foreigners out of trade & impose high import tariffs |
| 1667 | Rule of Belarus | |
| 9th Feb Belarus Under terms of the treaty of Anrusovo the Right-bank Ukraine (Pravoberezhna Ukrayina) and Belarus remain under Polish control |
| 1667 | Rule of Kiev | |
| 30th Jan Kiev The city of Kiev had to remain with Russia only until 1669, but Russia managed to keep it by signing the Eternal Peace treaty with Poland in 1686 |
| 9th Feb Kiev Under terms of the treaty of Anrusovo Russia keeps Kiev |
| 1667 | Rule of Smolensk | |
| 30th Jan Smolensk Under the treaty of Andrusovo Poland agrees to cede the Smolensk and Czernih˘w Voivodships and acknowledges Russian control over the Left-bank Ukraine |
| 9th Feb Smolensk Under terms of the treaty of Anrusovo Russia keeps Smolensk |
| 9th Feb River Dneiper Under the treaty of Anrusovo Russia keeps land on the east bank of the River Dneiper |
| 1667 | Rule of Ukraine | |
| 30th Jan Ukraine Under the treaty of Andrusovo Poland agrees to cede the Smolensk and Czernih˘w Voivodships and acknowledges Russian control over the Left-bank Ukraine |
| 9th Feb Ukraine Under terms of the treaty of Anrusovo the Right-bank Ukraine (Pravoberezhna Ukrayina) and Belarus remain under Polish control |
| 1667 | Rule of Vilno | |
| 9th Feb Vilno Under terms of the treaty of Anrusovo Russia gives up Vilno |
| 1667 | Treaty of Andrusovo | |
| 30th Jan Andrusovo A truce for 13 years and a half, signed in 1667 between Muscovy and the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, which were at war since 1654 over the territories of modern day Ukraine and Belarus |
| 30th Jan Andrusovo Signed by Afanasy Ordin-Nashchokin (Russia) and Jerzy Chlebowicz (Poland) in a village of Andrusovo not far from Smolensk |
| 30th Jan Kiev The city of Kiev had to remain with Russia only until 1669, but Russia managed to keep it by signing the Eternal Peace treaty with Poland in 1686 |
| 30th Jan Andrusovo Under the treaty of Andrusovo Poland agrees to cede the Smolensk and Czernih˘w Voivodships and acknowledges Russian control over the Left-bank Ukraine |
| 9th Feb Belarus Under terms of the treaty of Anrusovo the Right-bank Ukraine (Pravoberezhna Ukrayina) and Belarus remain under Polish control |
| 1667 | Treaty of Anrusovo | |
| 9th Feb Anrusovo Russia gives up Vilno, keeps Smolensk & the East bank of the Dneiper & Kiev |
| 9th Feb Anrusovo Russia makes peace with Poland |
| 9th Feb Anrusovo Russia & Poland make peace so both countries can concentrate on the threat from Turkey |
| 1670 | Rebellion | |
| Stenka Razin leads 200,000 discontented peasants into Moscow |
| 4th Oct Government troops defeat the peasant rebels near Simbirsk on the Volga |
| 1671 | Execution of Razin | |
| 6th June Moscow The peasant leader, Razin, is executed in Red Square |
| 1671 | Marriage | |
| Marries Natalia Naryshkina |
| 1671 | Rebellion | |
| Suppresses the peasant rebellions |
| 14th April River Don The peasant leader, Razin, is captured by the Cossacks on the Don |
| 1686 | Treaty of Eternal Peace | |
| 30th Jan Kiev The city of Kiev had to remain with Russia only until 1669, but Russia managed to keep it by signing the Eternal Peace treaty with Poland in 1686 |
