CHRONOLOGY - Russia: A Reference Guide from the Renaissance to the Present - page 396

1337
Founding of Holy Trinity Monastery by St. Sergius
in Sergiev-Posad.

1371-1375
Heresy of Strigolniki (Shearers) in Novgorod.

1375
Tver acknowledges Moscow as a grand principal-
ity.

1341-1353
Reign of Simeon “the Proud,” eldest son of Ivan
I, in Moscow.

1377
Death of Olgerd of Lithuania, who controlled
about half of the old Kievan Rus lands.

1348
By mutual agreement, Pskov separates itself
from Novgorod and forms an independent
city-state.
Swedish King Magnus marches against Nov-
gorod.

1378
Feofan Grek (Theophanes the Greek) paints first
frescoes in Novgorod.
Dmitrii Donskoi defeats Mongols on the banks of
the Vozha River. 1349

Galicia annexed by Poland.

1380
Dmitrii Donskoi defeats Khan Mamay at the Bat-
tle of Kulikovo.

1352
Black Death in Novgorod and Moscow.

1353-1359
Reign of Ivan II “the Meek,” third son of Ivan I
Kalita.

1382
Moscow taken and burnt by Khan Tokhtamysh.

1386
Dynastic union of Lithuania with Poland and con-
version of Lithuanian dynasty to Catholicism.
Volhynia annexed by Lithuania.

1359-1389
Rule of Dimitrii Donskoi, prince of Moscow
(grand prince after 1362), son of Ivan II.

1360-1362
Struggle between Moscow and Suzdal for the
title of grand prince.

1389-1395
Timur (Tamerlane) attacks Golden Horde and
sacks Sarai, its capital.

1360s
Dynastic crises in Golden Horde.

1389-1425
Reign of Vasili I, eldest son of Dmitrii Donskoi, in
Moscow.

1362
Kiev taken by Olgerd, grand duke of Lithuania. 1390-1430

Active life of icon painter Andrei Rublev.

1367-1368
First stone fortifications of the Moscow Kremlin
laid.

1392
Moscow absorbs Suzdal and Nizhnii Novgorod.

1368
Olgerd of Lithuania attacks Moscow.
Collapse of Mongol power in China.

1395
Tamerlane begins march against Moscow but
turns back near Oka River.