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Soviet Union´s Rise & Fall

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  • Bolsheviks overthrow government

    Bolsheviks overthrow government
    The Bol­she­viks over­threw the pro­vi­sional gov­ern­ment led by Alexan­der Keren­sky. Many work­ers and sailors seized gov­ern­ment build­ings. One of these buildings being the Win­ter Palace in St Peters­burg, they were able to take over Moscow.

  • Bolsheviks vs. Anti-Bolsheviks

    Bolsheviks vs. Anti-Bolsheviks
    There was a civil war between Bol­she­viks and the anti-Bolsheviks. In north­ern Rus­sia, British, French and US troops cap­ture Mur­mansk and Archangel until 1919, They were in the Russ­ian Far East and they decided to occupy Vladi­vos­tok, which was held by the Japan­ese until 1922.

  • War with Poland

    War with Poland
    War began between Russia and Poland. The Polish wanted to seize Ukraine. The establishment of the Russo-Polish border that existed until 1939 occurred because of this.

  • Peace Treaty with Poland Signed

    Peace Treaty with Poland Signed
    This divided the disputed territories between Poland and Soviet Russia.

  • Countries form into Soviet Union

    Countries form into Soviet Union
    Union treaty for­mally joins Rus­sia, Ukraine, Belarus and the Tran­scau­ca­sus, which were divided in 1936 into Geor­gia, Arme­nia and Azer­bai­jan, into the Soviet Union.

  • Soviet Union recognized by US

    Soviet Union recognized by US
    President Franklin Roosevelt recognized the Soviet Union after almost 16 years of American non-recognition. This followed a series of negotiations in Washington, D.C. with the Soviet Commissar for Foreign Affairs, Maxim Litvinov.

  • Soviet Union and Japan sign non-agression pact

    Soviet Union and Japan sign non-agression pact
    Pact between the Soviet Union and the Empire of Japan signed on April 13, 1941. The pact was signed to ensure the neutrality between the Soviet Union and the Empire of Japan during World War II. Both countries participated.

  • Brezhnev elected as new president

    Brezhnev elected as new president
    During Brezhnev's rule, the global influence of the Soviet Union grew dramatically. This was because of the expansion of the Soviet military during this time. His leadership was marked by the beginning of an era of economic and social stagnation in the Soviet Union.

  • Congress votes for dissolution of Soviet Union

    Congress votes for dissolution of Soviet Union
    This was a result of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union. This acknowledged the independence of the former Soviet republics and creating the Commonwealth of Independent States

  • Russ­ian gov­ern­ment takes over USSR

    Russ­ian gov­ern­ment takes over USSR
    Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev resigned and declared his office extinct, and handed over its powers, including control of the Soviet nuclear missile launching codes, to Russian President Boris Yeltsin