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Bolsheviks overthrow provisional government
Workers and sailors worked to capture government buildings which led to them taking over Winter Palace in St. Petersburg, and Moscow. -
Union Treaty
Joins Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, Georgia, Armenia and Azerbaijan into the Soviet Union -
USSR Adopts First Five Year Plan
This set goals and priorities for the whole economy, and signifies an end of the New Economic Policy. -
Peace Treaty with Poland Signed
Germany signed a non-aggression pact with the Soviet Union that allowed both countries to complete the tasks they wanted to. Hitler wanted to invade Poland. Stalin wanted to build up his army. They even secretly agreed to divide Europe once they had conquered it. Germany invades Poland which triggers WWII. -
Warsaw Pact Set up
Alliance between Soviet Union and Eastern Europe countries during the Cold War. -
Elsewhere in USSR
Soviet troops leave Afghanistan. Nationalist riots are put down in Georgia. Lithuanian Communist Party declares it's independence from the Soviet Communist Party; first openly-contested elections for parliament. -
Fall of the Berlin Wall
Revolutions in Poland, Hungary, East Germany, Bulgaria, Czechoslavakia and Romania, and mass public rallies lead to fall. -
Yeltsin Bans Soviet Communist Party in Russia
Yeltsin recognizes the independence of the Baltic republics; Ukraine followed by other republics, declares itself independent. -
Commonwealth of Independent States
Leaders of Russia, Ukraine, and Belarus sign agreement setting up the Commonwealth of Independent States. -
Gorbachev Resigns as Soviet Union President
The US recognizes the independence of the remaining Soviet republics. Russian government takes over offices of USSR in Russia.
