Russia

Russia (also known as the Soviet Union and the Russian Federation) was a country in eastern Europe and northern Asia.

19th century
In 1812, soldiers from Napoléon Bonaparte's Russian campaign were abducted by the War Lords. (DW: The War Games) The First Doctor met Napoleon in Russia during this time (CC: Mother Russia), whereas the renegade Time Lady Iris Wildthyme later claimed to have done so (IW: The Panda Invasion, BFA: The Claws of Santa).

In 1894, Fitz Kreiner joined a scientific expedition to Russia. (EDA: Time Zero)

20th century
In 1905, soldiers from the Russo-Japanese War were abducted by the War Lords for use in their war games. (DW: The War Games)

In 1908, the Great Divide opened in Russia, allowing some of the Charrl to enter that time period. (NA: Birthright)

In December 1916, the Third Doctor, Jo Grant and Liz Shaw visited Russia and met the mystic Grigori Rasputin shortly before he was murdered. (PDA: The Wages of Sin)

In 1943, Russian soldiers attempted to steal the ULTIMA device from its base at Maiden's Point. (DW: The Curse of Fenric)

In 1951, the Eighth Doctor visited Russia. (EDA: Endgame)

On 15 October 1957, a BBC News bulletin referred to the recent launch of Sputnik, Earth's first artificial satellite, by the Soviet Union. (BFA: Unregenerate!)

In 1957, Russia launched a satellite that was hijacked by the Master, who used it to summon the Tzun to Earth. (NA: First Frontier)

In November 1963, a Russian spy ring was operating in London. A spy who went by the alias of Miles Barrington Smythe was working with an MI6 double agent. (K9TV: The Cambridge Spy)

Soon after UNIT was formed, they used a Russian rocket to destroy the Cybermen's invasion fleet. (DW: The Invasion)

In the 1970s, four Soviet cosmonauts had their minds extracted by an alien Extractor. (DWAN: The Mind Extractors)

Also in the 1970s, a Soviet spy attempted to talk the Third Doctor into defecting, but was unsucsessful. (DWM: Target Practice)

Several years later, the British and Soviet branches of UNIT worked together against the Waro threat. (PDA: The Devil Goblins from Neptune)

On 8 May 1984, the Soviet Union announced that it was boycotting the Olympic Games which were to be held in Los Angeles later than year. (BFA: The Reaping)

In 1986, the nuclear reactor at Chernobyl underwent a meltdown. (DWM: Black Destiny)

21st century
In the early 21st century, the Ninth Doctor, Rose Tyler and Jack Harkness were drawn to a derelict Russian naval base by an intergalactic distress signal. (NSA: The Deviant Strain)

In 2009, the "Russian Federation" was among the nations which agreed to let John Frobisher speak on their behalf to the 456. (TW: Children of Earth: Day Three)

In 2011, Henry van Statten's men discovered the cure for the common cold from bacteria in a Russian crater. (DW: Dalek)

By the 2050s, same-sex marriage was legal in Russia. (DW: The Waters of Mars)

In 2058, Russia was part of the Bowie Base One mission to Mars, sending astronaut Yuri Kerenski. (DW: The Waters of Mars)

Negated timelines
During The Year That Never Was, the Master made Russia the number one shipyard of weaponry for the Time Lord Empire. According to Martha Jones, the shipyards spanned all across Russia, "from the Baltic to the Bering Straits." (DW: Last of the Time Lords)