1709
Royal Decree signed by the Emperor Peter the Great, instructing all merchants to conduct business in a new way, uniting in companies like it was done in Europe
1727
Royal Decree signed by the Empress Catherine I on the unification of Russian merchants and industrialists
1775
Manifesto signed by the Empress Catherine II on the freedom of entrepreneurship
1839
Opening of the Moscow Exchange. The building was built in 1836−1839. Today it houses the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of the Russian Federation
1917
Decree of the Russian Provisional Government on the establishment of Chambers of Commerce and Industry
1921
The North-West Regional Chamber of Commerce was established
1922
Russian Eastern Chamber of Commerce established
1932
The Council of People’s Commissars of the USSR approved the Charter of the All-Union Chamber of Commerce (AUCC)
1932
The Foreign Trade Arbitration Commission was established under the FTC (now the International Commercial Arbitration Court)
1972
The chamber received a new name — the USSR Chamber of Commerce and Industry
1972
The General Directorate of the exhibition complex on Krasnaya Presnya (now the EXPOCENTRE JSC) was established
1979
The All-Union Commercial Association "Sovincenter" (now PJSC "International Trade Center") was created
1982
By the decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Council of the USSR, the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of the USSR was awarded the Order of Friendship of Peoples
1991
Founding Congress of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of the RSFSR
1993
Law of the Russian Federation No. 5340−1 "On Chambers of Commerce and Industry in the Russian Federation"
History of the establishment of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of the Russian Federation
Mr Sergey Katyrin
President of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of the Russian Federation