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Rise & fall of the Sovie Union

  • Russian revolution ends

    Russian revolution ends
    The Russian revolution ends removing the house of Romanov from power and startsing the creation of the USSR http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicholas_II_of_Russia
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    USSR

  • Nicholas the 2nd is executed

    Nicholas the 2nd is executed
    Nicholas the 2nd is executed with his wife chidren and a majority of people who worked for him including maids, chefs, and servants.
  • Vladamir Lenin leader of USSR dies

    Vladamir Lenin leader of USSR dies
    Vladamir Lenin the First leader of the USSR dies followed by a power struggle in the newly formed Goverment
  • Stalin takes power

    Stalin takes power
    Stalin takes power by giving the the middle and lower class the ideas of a strong central goverment.
  • Collectivism starts goverment takes control of industry

    The goverment takes control of any manufacturing plant and other buisness that could effect the economy and destroys thousands of jobs.
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    World War 2

  • Germany invades USSR

    Germany breaks the non agreesive pact With Russia and destroys large amounts of Soviet soilders.One of the largest battles happens at Stallingrad
  • Red army captures Berlin

    Red army captures Berlin
    After pushing back the german army from Russia and its republics the red army takes over the seige of Berlin from american forces.They then place a Soviet flag on the German capital building.
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gTDdUsj0ye4
  • Stalin dies

    Stalin dies
    During Stalin deaths the all the nation was sent into a period of greiving and the goverment stanrted to go to turmiol with power struggles.
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1OBrCuDUjis
  • Warsaw pact signed to prevent another world war

    Warsaw pact signed to prevent another world war
    A pact setup by the League of nations forcing all of its members to lower the countries are=senals so it may prevent a new war.
  • S.A.L.T is created to reduce the amount of Nuclear wepons

    The USA and USSR singS.A.L.T so they may peacfully lower the amount of nuclear warhead reducing tensin during the cold war.
  • USSR invades Afghanistan

    USSR invades Afghanistan after a request from socialist rebels who were trying to overthrow the goverment but did noth have enough manpower to put up a sizeable force.
  • Gorbachev Last USSR president

    Gorbachev Last USSR president
    Gorbachev setup 2 systems to effectivly democratize the Soviet Union since the economy had weakened after the cold war.
  • Boris Yeltsin become 1st president

    Boris Yeltsin become 1st president
    Boris Yeltsin became the first Democratically elected presiedent in the newly created Russian goverment.and led the Russian people into the modern age seperating it from the old USSR stlye of goverment.