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