| 1889 | Born 13/25 January in Warsaw |
| 1906-10 | Studies law and histology at St Petersburg University |
| 1910-14 | Studies at St Petersburg Conservatoire |
| 1911 | First Piano Sonata |
| 1912 | A Tale for orchestra |
| 1912-13 | Suite for piano |
| 1913 | First Symphony |
| 1914 | Second Piano Sonata |
| 1917 | Nonet for violin, flute, harp, piano, quartet, dancer |
| 1921 | Inventions for piano |
| 1922-26 | Second Symphony, "Blok" |
| 1923-31 | Teaches at Petrograd/Leningrad Conservatoire |
| 1926-31 | Third Symphony |
| 1931 | Ousted from Leningrad Conservatoire by Leftist agitators |
| 1931-32 | Teaches at Tbilisi Conservatoire |
| 1932-35 | Fourth Symphony, "Izhorsk" |
| 1939 | Anna Kolosova opera |
| Peter I film score | |
| 1942-48 | Fifth Symphony |
| 1943 | String Quartet |
| 1944-48 | Teaches at Leningrad Conservatoire |
| 1950 | rev. Fifth Symphony |
| 1952 | Dies 5 March in Leningrad |