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| 1715 |
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| Alexis's son, Peter, born. Alexis had become the center of growing opposition to Peter I. Peter demanded that Alexis support his reforms or renounce the throne. Alexis fled to Austria (1716) but returned in 1718 and died in prison as a result of torture. | 1 |
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| 1718 |
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| Introduction of the poll tax. A census was taken to determine this tax (1718–22). | 2 |
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| 1719 |
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| Administrative and judicial powers separated (the separation gradually broke down, disappearing in 1727). | 3 |
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| 1721 |
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| Spiritual Reglament. The Holy Synod replaced the system of patriarchs. It consisted of 10 (then 12) clerics with the Ober-Procurator, a layman, appointed to oversee the synod. The Church had been without a patriarch since the death of Hadrian in 1700 because the tsar had left the position vacant. | 4 |
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| Aug. 30 |
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| Treaty of Nystadt and major Russian gains in the Baltic (See 1721, Aug. 30). | 5 |
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| 1722 |
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| Table of Ranks created. It established an order for civil and military positions. | 6 |
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| 1722 |
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| Law of Succession empowered the reigning sovereign to appoint his own successor. | 7 |
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| 1724 |
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| Russian tariff protected Russian industry. | 8 |
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| 1726, Feb |
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| Creation of Supreme Secret Council. It consisted of six members to advise the tsarina. Following Catherine's death, the council limited Anne's control over the country. | 9 |
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| 1726 |
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| Opening of Academy of Science. | 10 |
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| 1727 |
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| The Menshikov and Dolgoruki families struggled over control of the throne and the former were exiled. | 11 |
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| 1731 |
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| Anne opened a military school for gentry in St. Petersburg and allowed graduates to become officers in the military without serving in the lower ranks. | 12 |
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