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Treaty signed
On this day, the Treaty of Bucharest was signed.The treaty ended the Russo-Turkish War, which had been going on for 6 years. -
Treaty of Paris
Treaty of Paris signed to return cahul, bolgrad, and Ismail to Moldova -
Emancipation Edict
Emancipation Edict ends serfdom. Also rapid industrialisation leads to growth of working class movement and spread of revolutionary ideas. -
Treaty of berlin
In the Treaty of Berlin the Kingdom of Romania agreed to return Cahul, Bolgrad, and Ismail to the Russian Empire. -
Separate states form temporarily
Separate Ukrainian states temporarily form, leading to civil war and an anarchist group called the Black Army. -
Civil War In Russia
The Civil war had a great impact on Russia as the economy was already doing bad. At the end of the Civil war 5.5 million russians were dead and the land was disastrous. -
Failed assassination of Lenin leads to Red Terror
The Bolshevik government was in charge of the Red Terror which executed and arrested many people . It was a group of communist lead by Lenin, Who made peace agrements with Germany after they dropped out of WW1. -
Civil War Ends
The civil war ends with Lenin's victory .millions died of starvation, the population of Petrograd ( Saint Petersburg today) has dropped from 2.5 million in 1917 to 0.6 in 1920. -
Ukraine founder of soviet union
After many attempts at independence, Ukraine become ones of the founders of the Soviet Union. -
terror-famine in Ukraine
More than 5 million people die in this famine which lasted over a year. The famine spread around and even reached parts of russia where hundereds of people died of starvation also. -
Moscow Canal
Stalin believed the white sea and the Baltic sea being connected would be highly benificial to the developing USSR. Tens of thousands of men lost their lives in the construction project. most of the men working on the project were Gulag prisoners. -
Ukrainians die in the Holodomor
Approximately 10 million Ukrainians die during the Holodomor ("Great Famine") after the peasants' food is taken by the secret police. -
Yalta Conference
The "Big 3", Winston, CHurchill, and Stalin, met for the 2nd of the 3 confrences of WW2. They dicussed the re- establishment of the nations post-war in Europe. -
Berlin captured by Red Army
Russian troops capture some cities in Berlin in the Berlin War. The Russians entered Berlin in three directions and soon later captured Berlin. -
USSR co-founder of UN
Ukrainian SSR becomes a founding member of the United Nations. -
Khrushchev takes over for Stalin
After Josef Stalin's death, Nikita Khrushchev becomes leader of the USSR, striving to improve relations between the Ukraine and Russia. -
chernobyl nuclear disaster enters belarusian territory
70% of radiation from chernobyl nuclear disaster enters belarusian territory. -
Belarus Declares independence
Belarus declared its independence from Russia on March 25, 1918 (an independence which lasted about 10 months) and again from the Soviet Union on July 27, 1990. -
Moldova declares Independence
Moldova Declares Independence -
Alexander Lukashenko elected president
Alexander Lukashenko elected president of belarus
