CHRONOLOGY - Russia: A Reference Guide from the Renaissance to the Present - page 402

1619-1648
Russian explorers advance in Siberia beyond the
Yenisei and Lena Rivers as far as the Pacific
Ocean. Yakutsk is reached in 1632 and Okhotsk
in 1648.

Bogdan Khmelnitsky leads Dnieper Cossacks in
rebellion against Poland-Lithuania.
Trading privileges of the Muscovy Company are
withdrawn.

1649
Law Code fully establishes serfdom by strength-
ening provisions that lead to bondage of peas-
ant population.

1631
Peter Mogila, metropolitan of Kiev, founds Kiev
Academy.

1650
Patriarch standardizes the five-domed church.
Novgorod and Pskov rebellions.

1632
Winius and Marselis found Tula and Kashira iron
foundries.

1650s
Moscow population estimated at about 200,000.

1632-1634
“Smolensk War” with Poland follows from Rus-
sian attempt to recapture Smolensk.

1652
Founding of the German settlement (Nemet-
skaia Sloboda) in Moscow as required resi-
dence for foreigners.
Nikon consecrated as patriarch of the Russian
Orthodox Church.
Last full meeting of Zemskii Sobor.

1634-1638
Adam Olearius visits Moscow.

1636
Patriarch orders all musical instruments burned.

1637
Don Cossacks conquer Azov.
Establishment of the Sibirskii Prikaz (Siberian
Chancellery).

1652-1658
Nikon as patriarch institutes reforms of liturgy
and scripture that will eventually lead to
schism in the Russian Orthodox Church.

1652-1661
Establishment of the fortress of Irkutsk near
Lake Baikal in Siberia.

1639
Russian explorers first reach the Pacific Ocean.

1642
Michael Romanov calls the Assembly of the
Land (Zemskii Sobor).

1654
Agreement of Pereiaslav and Moscow between
the Dnieper Cossacks and the Muscovite czar.
Cossacks recognize Muscovite suzerainty.
Russians conquer Smolensk.

1643-1646
Peyarlov reaches the Sea of Okhotsk.

1654-1657
(Second) Northern War with Sweden.

1645-1676
Reign of Aleksei Mikhailovich.

1648
Urban rebellions across Russia; tax revolt in
Moscow.

1654-1667
Thirteen Years' War between Russia and Poland
over Ukraine.