| 1902 | Born 29 May/11 June in Omsk |
| 1921-28 | Studies with Myaskovsky at Moscow Conservatoire |
| 1923 | First String Quartet in A minor, Opus 2 |
| 1925 | First Symphony in F minor, Opus 6 |
| 1927 | Piano Sonata [rev 1963] |
| 1929 | Second Symphony in C sharp minor, Opus 11 [fp 1959 in a second edition] |
| 3 Sonatinas | |
| 1929-30 | Horn Concertino, Opus 14/2 |
| 1931 | Lenin, dramatic symphony |
| 1931-3 | Completes Mussorgsky's Sorotchinsky Fair |
| 1932 | Violin Concertino, Opus 14/1 |
| 1934 | Third Symphony in C major, Opus 17 |
| Second String Quartet in B flat major, Opus 19 | |
| 1935 | Becomes a professor at the Moscow Conservatoire |
| Fourth Symphony in B flat major, Opus 24, "The Heroes of Perekop" [rev 1961] 1936 | |
| Overture on Mari Folk Themes | |
| 1937 | Completes Glinka's Symphony on Two Russian Themes |
| 1938 | Third String Quartet in E minor, Opus 28 |
| 1939-59 | Sun Over the Steppe, opera |
| 1940 | Violin Concerto, Opus 21 |
| Fourth String Quartet in G minor, Opus 29 | |
| Trio | |
| 1941 | Russian Overture in E minor, Opus 31 |
| Variations on a Russian Folk Song | |
| 1942 | The Embassy Bridegroom, musical comedy |
| Fifth String Quartet in F minor, Opus 33, "Slavonic" | |
| 1943 | Sixth String Quartet |
| 1944 | The Lark, ballet |
| 1946-7 | Piano Trio |
| 1946-56 | The Taming of the Shrew, opera |
| 1948 | Condemned as a formalist. Sacked from directorship of Moscow Conservatoire |
| Seventh String Quartet | |
| 1951 | Sinfonietta on Russian Themes, Opus 43 |
| 1954 | Viola Sonata |
| 1958 | Violin Sonata |
| 1960 | Cello Sonata |
| Eighth String Quartet | |
| 1962 | Fifth Symphony, Opus 56 |
| 1963 | Ninth String Quartet in B minor, Opus 58 |
| Dies 28 May in Moscow |