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Joseph stalin becomes dictator
He makes russia a military and industry power. He also does the "Great Purge" which killed over 750,000 people -
WW2 starts
Russia joins because of a pact stalin made with hitler and they invade. Poland, Romania, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Finland. -
Germany breaks the agreement with russia
Germany breaks this agreement invading russia which then joins the allies -
Winston Churchill speech
In a speech, Winston Churchill declares “an Iron Curtain has descended across the Continent” and the Cold War grows as the Soviets promote revolution in China, Asia and the Middle and Near East. -
Nuclear bomb race
the Soviets explode a nuclear bomb, hastening the nuclear arms race. -
The Soviet Union launches Sputnik I,
the first artificial satellite that orbits the Earth in about 98 minutes and spurs the Space Race. In 1961, Soviet Yuri Gagarin becomes the first person to fly in space. -
The 13-day Cuban Missile Crisis leads Americans to fear nuclear war
The 13-day Cuban Missile Crisis leads Americans to fear nuclear war is at hand with the installation of Soviet nuclear missiles in Cuba. -
The 1980 Summer Olympics are held in Moscow
The 1980 Summer Olympics are held in Moscow, with several countries, including the United States, boycotting the games in protest of the December 1979 invasion of Afghanistan. -
Mikhail Gorbachev is elected general secretary of the Communist Party,
Mikhail Gorbachev is elected general secretary of the Communist Party, and, thus, effectively Russia’s leader. -
Russia invades ukraine
Putin orders his mean to invade ukraine