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| 1389 | Vasily I |  |
| Repels the Invasion of Timur Lenk & obtains independence from the Tartars |
| 1395 | Vasily I | |
| Wins independence from the Tartars |
| 1708 | Mazeppa, Hetman | |
| Ukraine The Cossacks led by Mazeppa try to break free by allying with Sweden but fail |
| 1708 | Peter I the Great | |
| Ukraine The Cossacks led by Mazeppa try to break free by allying with Sweden but fail |
| 1711 | Peter I the Great | |
| 21st July Pruth Promises in the treaty of Pruth to withdraw from Poland & refrain from intervening in Polish affairs |
| 1807 | Alexander I | |
| 9th July Danzig Under the treaty of Tilst Danzig becomes a free city |
| 1863 | Alexander II | |
| Warsaw A secret National Government is formed in Warsaw |
| Warsaw Refuses to grant Poland a constitution |
| 1864 | Ignatyev | |
| Moscow Encourages Serbs & Bulgarians in their unsuccesful revolts against Turkish rule |
| 1912 | Kokovtsov, Vladimir Nikolaevich | |
| After the fall of the Manchu dynasty, Mongol princes, supported by tsarist Russia, declare the independence of Mongolia from China |
| 1912 | Nicholas II | |
| After the fall of the Manchu dynasty, Mongol princes, supported by tsarist Russia, declare the independence of Mongolia from China |
| 1917 | Kerensky, Alexander Fedorovich | |
| 14th July Finland declares independence from Russia |
| 7th Nov The Ukraine is proclaimed independent by the Central Rada. |
| 1917 | Lenin, Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov | |
| 20th Nov Ukraine The Ukraine declares itself the Ukrainian Peoples Republic |
| Dec The Ukrainian Council proclaims Ukrainian independence |
| 1918 | Lenin, Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov | |
| 24th Feb Estonia's Independence Day, Estonia proclaims independence from Russia |
| 1918 | Trotsky, Leon | |
| 1st Jan Brest Litovsk Ukrainian nationalists have separate peace talks with the Germans |
| 1920 | Lenin, Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov | |
| July Moscow Russia recognizes the independence of Lithuania under the treaty of Moscow |
| 1921 | Lenin, Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov | |
| 18th Oct Crimea Crimea is granted its independence |
| 1939 | Stalin, Joseph | |
| 21st Sep Germany & Russia declares that Poland no longer exists |
| 1943 | Stalin, Joseph | |
| Dec Tehran The 3 powers at the Tehran Conference agree to a post-war independent Iran |
| 1946 | Stalin, Joseph | |
| 7th Jan Russia, Britain, the USA & France recognize Austria with its 1937 boundaries |
| 1955 | Malenkov, Georgi Maksimilanovich | |
| 15th Jan Moscow Recognizes the Independence of West Germany |
| 1989 | Gorbachev, Mikhail Sergeyevich | |
| Moscow Namibia proclaims its independence after Cuba withdraws |
| Nov Lithuania 1st national movement, Sajudis, is formed in Lithuania |
| 1990 | Gorbachev, Mikhail Sergeyevich | |
| 26th Feb Russia agrees to withdraw troops from Czech by July 1991 |
| 11th Mar Lithuania Lithuania becomes the 1st republic to declare independence |
| 11th Mar Moscow Lithuania declares independence in accordance with it's constitution of 1938 |
| 22nd Mar Moscow Warns Lithuania to withdraw its declaration of independence but it refuses |
| 4th May Estonia Estonia votes to secede from the USSR |
| 4th May Latvia Latvia votes to secede from the USSR |
| 20th June Uzbekistan Uzbekistan declares independence |
| 16th July Ukraine The Ukrainian Parliament votes for sovereignty |
| 28th Oct Georgia Non Communist Parties triumph in elections in Georgia & call for independence |
| 1991 | Gorbachev, Mikhail Sergeyevich | |
| During a coup against Gorbachev Estonia declares its full independence |
| 9th April Georgia Georgia proclaims independence from Moscow |
| 10th April Georgia Georgia proclaims a general strike |
| 10th April Ossetia Troops are moved into Ossetia to reassert control over Georgia |
| 27th Aug The USA recognizes the independence of Estonia, Latvia & Lithuania |
| 6th Nov The Ukraine signs the Soviet economic-union treaty at the Kremlin |
| 1st Dec The Ukraine votes for it's independence during a referendum |
| 25th Dec Gorbachev resigns his position as President of the USSR, signifying the demise of the Soviet Union, 14 former Soviet republics (including Russia) become independent states |
| 1991 | Yeltsin, Boris Nikolayevich | |
| 1st Dec In a referendum the Ukraine votes for independence |
