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| c. 1475 |
| | | With Constantinople in Turkish hands, Moscow begins to see itself as the centre of Orthodox Christianity - or the third Rome | |
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| 1478 |
| | | Ivan III subdues proudly independent Novgorod, removing the city's famous bell | |
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| 1480 |
| | | Ivan III, grand prince of Russia, becomes the first to deny the Mongols of the Golden Horde their annual tribute of tax | |
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| 1547 |
| | | Ivan IV is crowned tsar of Russia and becomes known as Ivan the Terrible | |
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| 1555 |
| | | The Muscovy Company is granted a monopoly by the crown to trade with Russia, as the first of the English chartered companies | |
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| c. 1590 |
| | | Serfdom is introduced in Russia by Boris Godunov, whose measures tie the peasants to the land | |
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| 1594 |
| | | Willem Barents sets off on the first of his three expeditions to find a passage to the east through the waters north of Russia | |
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| 1604 |
| | | The first false Dmitry marches into Russia with a Polish army to claim the throne | |
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| 1608 |
| | | A second false Dmitry marches on Moscow, to be followed by a third in 1612 | |
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| 1613 |
| | | Michael Romanov is elected tsar, beginning a new dynasty on the Russian throne | |
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