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Moscow: History, Former Names & Timeline

A small town of Vladimir-Suzdal that gathered the Rus' principalities together and styled itself the “Third Rome”.

Map showing Moscow in 1700Moscow
Border map for 1700. See Europe in 1700.

Explore Moscow in the interactive map

Former names of Moscow

FromNameNote
1147Moskva

Timeline of Moscow

YearEvent
1147First mentioned in the chronicles
1238The Mongols burn Moscow
1480Great Stand on the Ugra; Muscovy throws off the Golden Horde
1712Peter the Great moves the capital to St Petersburg
1812Napoleon enters the city; Moscow burns
1918Soviet Russia moves the capital to Moscow
1941Battle of Moscow

Who ruled Moscow

Derived from the border maps; each row runs until the next recorded border change.

PeriodState
500 BC–199Plain-Pottery culture
200–799Unclaimed / no data
800–899Slavonic tribes
900–999Khazars
1000–1099Kievan Rus'
1100–1199Kievan Rus'
1200–1299Other Rus Principalities
1300–1399Grand Duchy of Moscow
1400–1491Blue Horde
1492–1599Grand Duchy of Moscow
1600–1782Tsardom of Muscovy
1783–1919Russian Empire
1920–1929USSR
1930–1937White Russia
1938–1993USSR
1994–todayRussia

Battles and sites near Moscow

Landmarks in and around Moscow

Nearby cities