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October Revolution of 1917
The October Revolution, also know as the second phase of the Russian Revolution was led by Vladimir Lenin. It was the first official communist revolution that was based on the ideas of Karl Marx. -
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Rise and Fall of Soviet Union
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Vladimir Lenin
Vladimir Lenin suffers a stroke which leaves him unable to speak and as a result retires as chairman of the Soviet Union government. -
United Kingdom
The Soviet Union is officially recgonized by the United Kingdom. -
Lenin Dies
Vladimir Lenin is officially declared dead. -
Leon Trotsky
Leon Trotsky id expelled from the Communist Party. -
Josef Stalin
Due to the death of Vladimir Lenin and the removal of Leon Trotsky, Josef Stalin takes undisputed control of the Soviet Union. -
The US and the Soviet Union
In 1933 the United States and the Soviet Union establish formal diplomatic relations. -
League of Nations
The Soviet Union joins the Leaugue of Nations. -
"Trotskyism"
31 people are executed for following and supporting LeonTrotsky's ideas. -
Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact
Stalin and Hitler agree to divide Eastern Europe. Hitler rules over West Poland to Germany, while Stalin rules over Finland, the Baltic states and eastern Poland to the USSR. -
Invasion
Poland and the Polish territories are invaded by the Soviet Union. -
World War II
WWII begins. -
Japan
Japan and the Soviet Union sign a nuetrallity pact. -
Victory?
World War II: Soviet leader Joseph Stalin addresses the Soviet Union for only the second time during his three-decade rule. He states that even though 350,000 troops were killed in German attacks so far, that the Germans have lost 4.5 million soldiers and that Soviet victory was near. -
Conference
British Prime Minister Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin begin a nine-day conference in Moscow to discuss the future of Europe. -
Capture
Soviet Union forces capture Budapest, Hungary from the Nazis.
