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| 1700 | Peter I the Great |  |
| Peter I, Augustus II of Poland, & Frederick IV of Denmark join against Charles XII |
| 1717 | Peter I the Great | |
| May Paris Attempts to conclude a Franco-Russian treaty after France joined the Triple Alliance |
| 1745 | Catherine II the Great | |
| 8th Jan England, Austria, Saxony and the Netherlands form an alliance against Russia |
| 1781 | Catherine II the Great | |
| Signs a defensive alliance with Austria |
| 1788 | Catherine II the Great | |
| A Swedish & Turkish alliance is formed against Russia |
| 1815 | Alexander I | |
| 26th Sep Russia, Prussia and Austria sign a Holy Alliance, "Justice, charity and peace" are the precepts that guid the Holy Alliance as envisioned by Tzar Alexander I of Russia |
| 1839 | Nicholas I | |
| Teplitz Meets Emperor Franz of Austria in Bohemia to support the Sultan |
| 1840 | Nicholas I | |
| Bosphorous Russia & Britain agree to support Turkey & defend the Bosphorous |
| 23rd May St Petersburg Leaves Russia on his way to London |
| 1st June Woolwich Arrives in Britain for the 1st time in 25 years |
| 1st June Woolwich Disembarks from the Dutch steamer, "Cyclops" |
| 2nd June London Pays a visit to Queen Victoria |
| 1844 | Nesselrode | |
| 24th May Informs the British Ambassador that Nicholas I is on his way to London |
| 1851 | Nicholas I | |
| Warns Schwarzenburg Austria cannot expect Russian support if France goes to war |
| 1853 | Nicholas I | |
| Claims to be protector of Orthodox Chris tians in the Ottoman Empire |
| 1854 | Nicholas I | |
| 8th Aug Vienna Russia rejects conditions set by the Allies, the Vienna Four Points |
| 1873 | Alexander II | |
| Russia establishes a fixed boundary between Afghanistan and it's new territories, Russia promised to respect Afghanistan's territorial integrity |
| 22nd Oct An alliance of the Emperors of Germany, Russia & Austria |
| 1893 | Alexander III | |
| A military convention is agreed with France which becomes a formal defensive alliance |
| 1895 | Alexander III | |
| Afghanistan's northern border was fixed and guaranteed by Russia |
| 1896 | Alexander III | |
| Russia discloses a plan to seize Constantinople if Britain intervenes in Crete |
| 1896 | Witte | |
| June China signs an agreement to allow the Trans -Siberian Railway through Manchuria |
| 1899 | Nicholas II | |
| 18th May Hague, The The First Hague Peace Conference opened in the Netherlands as 26 nations meet on World Goodwill Day, the destruction or seizure of enemy property with no military value is banned at the convention |
| 1903 | Nicholas II | |
| 13th Feb Chateau d'Eau Russia & Austria jointly demand Turkey make reforms in the Balkans |
| 1907 | Stolypin, Pyotr Arkadyevich | |
| Britain and Russia carve Iran into spheres of influence. |
| St Petersburg Russia and Great Britain sign the Convention of St Petersburg, in which Afghanistan is declared outside Russia's sphere of influence |
| 1912 | Nicholas II | |
| 15th Nov Austria denounces Serbian gains in the Balkans ; Russia and France backed Serbia while Italy and Germany back Austria |
| 1914 | Nicholas II | |
| 1st Aug Moscow "long-proved fiendship must succeed with God's help in avoiding bloodshed" |
| 1915 | Bark, Peter | |
| Dec Paris France moves quickly to give Russia the economic assistance she requires |
| Dec Paris Warns the French President Russia will be forced to make peace without economic help |
| 1917 | Lvov | |
| 9th Mar The USA recognizes the Provisional Government |
| 1917 | Miliukov, Paul | |
| 18th April In the Milyukov note, Milyukov tells allies that the war aims are unchanged |
| 1918 | Lenin, Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov | |
| 27th Jan Relations are severed with Romania |
| April Russia & Germany exchange diplomatic missions |
| 1918 | Trotsky, Leon | |
| 21st Feb Trotsky requests French military help during the invasion of Russia |
| 1921 | Lenin, Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov | |
| 16th Mar An agreement is made to resume Anglo-Soviet trade relations |
| 16th Mar Kars Under a pact between Russia & Turkey the Kars region becomes part of Turkey |
| 1922 | Stalin, Joseph | |
| 16th April A German-Russia treaty is signed in Italy, recognizes the Soviet Union |
| 1923 | Litvinov, Maxim Maximovich | |
| Geneva Visits Barthou in Geneva to discuss a Soviet-French pact |
| 1923 | Stalin, Joseph | |
| Moscow The government supports the KMT led by Sun Yat-sen & forms an alliance |
| 1926 | Stalin, Joseph | |
| 24th April Berlin Berlin treaty of friendship & neutrality between Germany & Russia |
| 1927 | Stalin, Joseph | |
| 27th May Britain severs diplomatic relations with Russia |
| 14th Dec China & Russia break off diplomatic relations |
| 1928 | Blucher, Vasily Konstantinovich | |
| Withdraws support from Chiang Kai-shek after he repudiates the communists |
| 1928 | Stalin, Joseph | |
| Moscow Meets the Chinese Communist Party Leaders to exercise his influence over them |
| 1929 | Stalin, Joseph | |
| 3rd Oct Britain & Russia resume diplomatic relations |
| 1933 | Stalin, Joseph | |
| At the Metro-Vickers trial British technologists in Russia are charged with espionage |
| Nov Moscow The USSR is recognized by the USA, to counteract Japan's rise in the Far East |
| 1934 | Litvinov, Maxim Maximovich | |
| Moscow Agrees a mutually defensive pact with France |
| 1934 | Stalin, Joseph | |
| 16th Feb Trade treaty signed between Britain & Russia |
| 1935 | Kandelaki, David | |
| Berlin Fails to persuade Schacht to expand commercial relations between Russia & Germany |
| 1935 | Stalin, Joseph | |
| 2nd May French-Soviet pact, effective for five years, for mutual help in the case of an attack by an European nation |
| 16th May Soviet-Czechoslovakian pact, valid only if France supports both parties |
| Dec Manchuria Russia sells the Chinese Eastern Railway in northern Manchuria to Japan |
| 1936 | Stalin, Joseph | |
| Promotes a united front with Kai-shek against fascism in Europe & imperialism in Japan |
| 6th Oct Russia decides to supply the Republicans in Spain |
| 6th Oct Russia warns it will only be bound to the same degree as Italy & Germany |
| 24th Nov Germany & Japan argree to make "common cause" against Communism |
| 1938 | Litvinov, Maxim Maximovich | |
| Moscow States Russia will honour its treaty to defend Czech if the west does the same |
| Leningrad "with the preservation of the capitalist system a long & enduring peace is impossible" |
| 9th May Moscow Rumania & Poland refuse to allow passage of Russian troops |
| 9th May Moscow Will help Czech against Germany if Romania & Poland allow passage of Russian troops |
| 2nd Sep Moscow Proposes staff talks & a conference to allow Russian troop access to Czech |
| 2nd Sep Moscow Proposes staff talks & a conference to condemn German aggression |
| 21st Sep Geneva Declares Russia's commitment to support its treaty obligations with France & Czech |
| 1938 | Stalin, Joseph | |
| 23rd April Stalin promises to support Czech if it is attacked by Germany |
| 11th July Moscow Russian troops begin to clash with the Japanese on the border of Manzhouguo |
| 1939 | Molotov, Vyacheslav Mikhailovich | |
| 5th Oct A mutual assistance treaty is signed between Russia & Latvia |
| 10th Oct A mutual assistance treaty is signed between Russia & Lithuania |
| 12th Oct Negotiations between Russia & Finland take place for an exchange of territory |
| 6th Nov In a speech, blames the war on capitalism |
| 1939 | Stalin, Joseph | |
| After Nomonhan the Japanese Foreign Minister visits Russia & signs a neutrality pact |
| Says to the Japanese Foregn Minister, "we are both Asiatics, Japan can now turn south" |
| 14th Mar Protests after German legions move on Prague in contravention of the Munich Agreement |
| 18th April The Soviet Union offers a Soviet-British-French alliance which would guarantee the integrity of Poland, the consulations are unproductive |
| May Russia offers a tripartite alliance with France & Britain |
| 19th Aug At a meeting of the Politbureau Stalin says an alliance with Germany maybe possible |
| 20th Aug Hitler sends Stalin a telegram pressing for a pact |
| 20th Aug It is anounced that Germany & Russia have concluded a commercial agreement |
| 20th Aug Poland refuses Russia passage, a precondition of an Anglo-Franco-Soviet agreement |
| 24th Sep After the Russian invasion of Poland Hitler agrees to Stalin's new demands |
| 5th Oct A mutual assistance treaty is signed between Russia & Latvia |
| 12th Oct Negotiations between Russia & Finland take place for an exchange of territory |
| 14th Oct Offers Finland land but the strategic loss causes the Fins to refuse |
| 28th Nov Russia cancels its 1932 non-aggreesion treaty with Finland |
| 1939 | Stalin, Jospeh | |
| Sep Germany invades Poland & Japan & Russia agree a cease-fire |
| 1939 | Voroshilov, Klimenty Efremovich | |
| Aug Moscow Meets an Anglo-French mission to discuss the defence of Poland if attacked by Germany |
| 1940 | Molotov, Vyacheslav Mikhailovich | |
| 12th Nov Berlin Molotov has discussions with the German High Command |
| 1941 | Oumansky, Constantin | |
| Given a mixture of barter & credit through the Reconstruction Finance Corporation |
| Informed by Roosevelt of USAsupport after the attack by Germany |
| 1941 | Stalin, Joseph | |
| 10th Jan Germany & Russia sign a fresh treaty recognizing spheres of influence & trade |
| 13th April Japan & Russia sign a neutrality pact |
| 6th Nov Stalin calls for the creation of 'second front' in Europe to relieve pressure on Russian forces battling German army at the gates of Moscow |
| 1942 | Stalin, Joseph | |
| 23rd July Stalin informs Churchill he cannot agree to the postponement of a 2nd front until 1943 |
| Aug Moscow Churchill meets Stalin at the Kremlin |
| Aug Moscow Churchill visits Stalin & promises that sth east Europe will be attacked in 1943 |
| Aug Moscow Churchill visits Stalin & says there can be no invasion of Europe in 1942 |
| Aug Moscow Stalin has the impression that Churchill promises to invade France in 1943 |
| 1942 | Stalin, Jospeh | |
| 15th Aug Moscow Churchill visits Moscow to discuss 'second front' issues with Stalin, Soviets suspicious over Allied strategy in Mediterranean, demand action in NW Europe |
| 1943 | Litvinov, Maxim Maximovich | |
| Moscow While in office follows a policy of advocating co-operation with the west |
| 1943 | Molotov, Vyacheslav Mikhailovich | |
| 12th April Washington Strongly criticized by Truman for Russia's behaviour in eastern Europe |
| 1943 | Stalin, Joseph | |
| Refuses an invitation to attend the Casablanca Conference, plays injured party |
| Casablanca Rejects Roosevelt's offer to attend the Casablance Conference |
| April Stalin recognizes the "Union of Polish Patriots", the core of a Soviet puppet regime |
| 11th June Stalin sends a message to Churchill asking for a Second Front |
| 22nd Aug Roosevelt & Churchill agree to hold a tripartite conference including Russia |
| 22nd Aug Telegrams Churchill & Roosevelt saying he is a "passive observer" |
| 30th Oct Moscow Establishes the principle of an international organization to keep international peace |
| 1943 | Stalin, Jospeh | |
| 14th Jan Casablanca Churchill and Roosevelt discuss next phase of war, a decision is made to attack Sicily and Italy in bid to divert German military resources and make good pledge to Stalin for a 'second front' in Europe |
| 1943 | Voroshilov, Klimenty Efremovich | |
| Oct Moscow Supports the alliance of Turkey with the Allies during a meeting with the Allies |
| 1944 | Stalin, Joseph | |
| Dumbarton Oaks Accepts Chiang Kai-shek's China as a "big 5" member of the UN Security Council |
| Moscow Churchill flies to Moscow & discusses postwar Europe with Stalin |
| Mar The Finns ask for peace but Stalin's terms are unacceptable |
| June Normandy Ath Churchill's request Stalin agrees to an offensive during the Normandy landings |
| 1945 | Stalin, Joseph | |
| Moscow Signs the treaty of Friendship & Alliance with the government of Chiang Kai-Shek |
| April Russia informs Japan it will not renew the Soviet-Japanese neutrality pact |
| 5th April Denounces the neutrality pact with Japan signed 13th April |
| 29th April Churchill appeals to Stalin not to unilaterally impose Russian rule on Poland |
| 29th April Churchill appeals to Stalin not to unilaterally impose Russian rule on Yugoslavia |
| June Japan offers Russia concessions for a non-aggression pact |
| 5th June USA, Britain, Russia & France declare supreme authority over Germany |
| 1946 | Stalin, Joseph | |
| May Moscow Marshal Tito is personally received by Stalin during his visit to Moscow |
| 23rd July Moscow USASecretary of State Burns protests about how Russia has stripped assets from Hungary |
| 1948 | Molotov, Vyacheslav Mikhailovich | |
| Moscow Russia withdraws from the Allied Control Council, followed by the Berlin Blockade |
| 12th Mar Accuses the west of breaking the Potsdam Agreement & the London Conference is invalid |
| 12th Mar Advised the west is going to transform Germany into a "military-political bloc" |
| 1948 | Stalin, Joseph | |
| Moscow The German D-Mark is banned from circulation in the FDR |
| Moscow Yugoslavia is expelled from the Cominform |
| 1st April Berlin Russia halts 2 USA& British trains after theiy refuse access to Russian inspectors |
| June Yugoslavia is expelled from the Cominform |
| 1949 | Stalin, Joseph | |
| Moscow Supports the creation of the German Democratic Republic |
| Nov Stalin condemns Tito |
| 16th Dec Moscow Mao Tse-Tung has talks with Stalin in Moscow |
| 1950 | Molotov, Vyacheslav Mikhailovich | |
| 21st Oct Prague Chairs a Soviet Bloc meeting in Prague to discuss the future of Germany |
| 1950 | Stalin, Joseph | |
| Russia provides economic & military assistance to the PRC |
| 1952 | Stalin, Joseph | |
| Mar Stalin's proposals for German unification are rejected by the west |
| 10th Mar Moscow Russia proposes a 4 power conference on the unification & rearmament of Germany |
| 6th Dec Russia declares the peace treaty with Japan invalid |
| 1954 | Khruschev, Nikita Sergeyevich | |
| Khruschev agrees to withdraw Russian troops for Austrian neutrality |
| Russia sells a shipment of arms to Guatemala |
| Sep Beijing Khruschev visits China & concludes a favourable trade agreement to the Chinese |
| 1955 | Bulganin, Nikolai Aleksandrovich | |
| Goes on a visit to India in order to provide technical & economic assistance |
| Khruschev & Bulganin visit Burma |
| Khruschev & Bulganin visit India |
| Khruschev & Bulganin visit Indonesia |
| Moscow Reaffirms Sino-Soviet relations |
| 1955 | Khruschev, Nikita Sergeyevich | |
| Agrees Austria will be neutral, neither part of the Eastern bloc nor part of the west |
| Vienna A state treaty is signed with by the 4 occupying powers, Austria remains neutral |
| Goes on a visit to India in order to provide technical & economic assistance |
| Khruschev & Bulganin visit Burma |
| Khruschev & Bulganin visit India |
| Khruschev & Bulganin visit Indonesia |
| Khruschev visits Yugoslavia to "bury the hatchet" with Tito |
| Russia provides major military support to Egypt |
| Russia & Yugoslavia sign a treaty of friendship |
| 25th Jan Moscow Russia declares an end to belligerency with Germany |
| 1956 | Khruschev, Nikita Sergeyevich | |
| Russia agrees to build medical, sports & educational facilities for Burma |
| Moscow The Cominform is abolished to improve relations with the West & Yugoslavia |
| 22nd April London Khrushchev pays a visit to Elizabeth II |
| 1957 | Khruschev, Nikita Sergeyevich | |
| Russia makes USA$100 million worth of aid to Indonesia |
| 7th Jan Moscow Zhou Enlai visits Moscow |
| 1958 | Khruschev, Nikita Sergeyevich | |
| Moscow Suspends aid to the Chinese nuclear programme |
| 1959 | Khruschev, Nikita Sergeyevich | |
| Peking The Sino-Soviet split becomes public |
| Washington Visits Eisenhower to discuss general foreign policy including Berlin |
| Sep Berlin Khrushchev & Eisenhower stated jointly that the most important issue in the world was general disarmament & Berlin to be resolved by negotiation |
| 1st Oct Criticised in the press for a visit to the US |
| 1st Oct Peking Visits China for the 10th anniversary of the revolution |
| 1960 | Khruschev, Nikita Sergeyevich | |
| A USAU-2 reconnaissance plane is shot down inside Russia |
| Russia makes USA$250 million worth of aid to Indonesia |
| Russia recognizes Castro's Cuba |
| Moscow Withdraws all Russian aid workers from China |
| 15th May Paris Demands Eisenhower stops U-2 spying over Russia, Eisenhower refuses |
| 1961 | Gagarin, Yuri Alexeyevich | |
| 14th July Begins a visit to Britain where he is greeted by ectstatic crowds |
| 1961 | Khruschev, Nikita Sergeyevich | |
| Albania is expelled from the Comecon |
| 1962 | Khruschev, Nikita Sergeyevich | |
| Forcred by Kennedy to remove missiles from Cuba |
| Mongolia joins the Comecon |
| Moscow Raul Castro agrees for missiles to be based in Cuba |
| 1963 | Khruschev, Nikita Sergeyevich | |
| Kazakhstan Declares the Kazakhstan experiment a failure & seeks 2 million tons of USAwheat |
| 1964 | Khruschev, Nikita Sergeyevich | |
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