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Russian Revolution
Helped to mark the beginning of the U.S.S.R. due to the end of the Russian Czarist regime -
Economy in crisis
Industrial production is one third of what it previously was -
The beginning of the U.S.S.R.
The U.S.S.R. is established -
S.S.R.'s are established
They are established in Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan -
Yet another S.S.R. is established
Tadzhikistan has a U.S.S.R. established -
More countries establish S.S.R.s
Kahzakhstan and Kyrgyzstan establish S.S.R.s -
More countries become SSRs
Lithuania, Latvia, Moldova, Estonia, and Karelo-Finnish become Soviet Socialist Republics -
Period: to
USSR is at its greatest extent
The U.S.S.R. covers 8,650,000 square miles -
The Karelo-Finnish Republic becomes autonomus
This leaves only 15 remaining union republics -
Congress of People's Deputies
formed after constitutional revisions are made
