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First Communist Regime Established
The first communist regime in established. Homosexuality is associated with the patrician aristocratic social class and thereby rejected by communist leadership. -
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Joseph Stalin Comes To Power
Joseph Stalin comes to power, and during his reign homosexuality was considered equivalent to pedophilla, and therefore illegal. LGBT+ were routinely arrested and sent to prison camps. -
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Nikita Khrushchev Comes To Power
Nikita Khrushchev comes to power, Nikita supports anti- LGBT laws. Laws banned consensual homosexual acts between adults, and LGBT+ in prisons remained in prison for fear that LGBT+ ideas and fervor would spread to the general public. -
Anti- LGBT Propaganda Becomes Widespread
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Russia's First Pride Parade
Russia has its first Pride Parade, located in the capital, Moscow. Participants and protesters were attacked, beaten, and arrested. The attacks are prompted by the Russian Orthodox condemnation of Homosexuality as a sin. A nationalist reaction occurs, against the presence of non-Russian participants.The public nor government is comfortable with actions that normalize LGBT+ ideas or put LGBT+ in a positive light. -
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Putin Comes To Power
Putin comes to power, but by maligning LGBT+ in Russia he loses some support. Most of the general population is still opposed to LGBT+. -
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Homosexuality Opinions Taken
Studies say that 68% of Russians disprove or are opposed to homosexuality, while 15% out of 900 LGBT+ studied report encountering physical harassment. LGBT+ are exiled and/or excommunicated at large numbers. -
100 Gay Men Killed
The only Chechnya newspaper reports that 100 gay men have been killed.