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Last of the Romanovs
Last of the Romanovs- They all got killed. And this led the communist party to no longer have a threat. -
Creation of the Politburo
Creation of the Politburo- The first Politburo was created in Russia by the Bolshevik Party Central Committee in late October 1917 to provide continuous and flexible leadership in that year’s uprising. The seven Politburo members included Vladimir Lenin, Leon Trotsky, and Joseph Stalin. This would help shape the economy back into shape. -
Russian Civil War
Russia Civil War - The Red Army successfully defended the newly formed Bolshevik government against various Russian and interventionist anti-Bolshevik armies. November, 1917 -
Lithuania and Latvia Protests-
On February 16, 1918 Lithuania was reestablished as a democratic state. It remained independent until the World War II break out. It was occupied by the Soviet Union and under the terms of Molotov-Ribbentrop. When the Nazi’s declared war on the Soviet Union, the Lithuania’s were again absorbed into the Soviet Union for nearly 5 decades. In the 1990’s Lithuania began to restore its sovereignty and in the following years became integrated into the European Territory -
Treaty of Brest-Livosk-
Treaty of Brest-Livosk- A peace treaty signed on March 3, 1918 at Brest-Livosk between the Russian SFSR and the central powers. This was helpful for Russia because they aren’t in World War 1. -
Free Elections In Poland
Free elections in Poland, Czechoslovakia Hungary- Gorbachev and he implemented the Glasnost and each country handle their own problems are their own. It’s a bad thing because the Soviet Union is losing power. January 1, 1919 -
Stalin's Five Year Plan
Stalin’s Five Year Plans- Joseph Stalin’s 5 year plan was created in 1928. The industrialization of Russian increased the production of the coal, steel, and iron. This was to catch up with the rest of the industrialized world. Each business or factory was required to meet the requirements through a system called Collectivization. -
WW2
World War 2 – Hitler takes over Stalin and eliminates 6 million Jews and USA gets involved. This took down to horrible leaders from killing innocent people. -
Hydrogen Bomb
Hydrogen Bomb- Joe was the name of the hydrogen bomb (1953). The reason they named it Joe was because Joesph Stalin was the leader at that time. -
WarSaw Pact
Warsaw Pact-The Warsaw Pact is the name commonly given to the treaty between Albania, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, East Germany, Hungary, Poland, Romania, and the Soviet Union, which was signed in Poland in 1955 and was officially called 'The Treaty of Friendship -
SputNik
Sputnik- First artificial satellite sent up by Russia in 1957 to orbit the earth. This showed how much how Russia was interested in space. They discovered that if Animals can go in space and survive then people can also. -
Laika and Sputnik 3
Laika and Sputnik 3- Laika was the first dog to orbit space and first dog to die space. This proved that animals could travel space with humans. -
Creation Of The Berlin Wall
Creation of the Berlin Wall-The Berlin Wall was the physical division between West Berlin and East Germany. However, it was also the symbolic boundary between democracy and Communism during the Cold War. August 13, 1961. This showed history of what they went through. -
Soviet-Afghan War
Soviet-Afghan War- In 1965 Afghanistan formed their first communist party. Daoud first allied himself with soviets in 1954 he asked for military aid help and protected the borderline between Pakistan and Afghanistan. This war lasted for 9 years. -
Invasion of Czechoslovakia
1968 Invasion of Czechoslovakia- The soviet army invaded Czechoslovakia in 1968 in the morning with four other Warsaw pact countries. -
Salt 1 (1969-1972)
Salt 1- A consensus in 1972 was signed by Richard M. Nixon and Soviet Leader Leonid Brezhnev the treaty was for the Strategic Arms Limitations. It was held from 1969-1972 it was an interim for the treaty of the limitation of Strategic Offensive Arms. -
Salt 2
Salt 2- Salt 2 was sign in 1979 between United States, Soviet Union, and Russia for arm controls. This gave oppurtunites for each an equal of weapons. -
Perestroikia
Perestroika- perestroika was the conference of development of democracy, socialist self-government, encouragement of an idea and creative attempt to improved order to disciple, and more glasnost. This was making everything come together. -
Gorbachev Becomes Leader
Gorbachev becomes Leader- On March 11, 1985 after the death Secretary General Cherenenko. Mikhail Gorbachev became the new leader of the Soviet Union. He made many reforms out in the West while they developed a momentum of their own. -
Chernobyl Disaster
Chernobyl Disaster- Was a nuclear accident that happened on April 26, 1986. It evcuated 200,000 people. That puts a huge decrease on the city and economy because it almost killed over 200,000 innocent people. Babies were born deformented because of the gases and harmful chemicals. -
Glasnost
Glasnost- 1988 would see Gorbachev's introduction of glasnost, which gave new freedoms to the Soviet people, including greater freedom of speech. This was a change, as control of speech and suppression of government criticism had previously been a central part of the Soviet system. This gave citizens a better take on life and a voice of an opinion. -
Fall Of The Berlin Wall
Fall of the Berlin Wall- Communism was weakening in Poland, Hungary and Czechoslovakia in 1988 and 1989. And East Germans wanted to go to the West. Then in November 1989 the East German government official said that it was now allowed for permanent locations to be done between West Germany (Berlin) and East GeFa And soon after the Berlin Wall was slowly chipped away. -
Gorbachev Steps Down
Gorbachev steps down- Steps down after 7 years because Gorbachev finds out that Russia was taking control over the parliament, the foreign ministry, and the security organs. This shows that the economy wanted to go a different direction. -
Voting Reforms by Gorbachev
Voting Reforms by Gorbachev- Gorbachev institutes reforms in voting; allowing Soviet citizens to vote for people other than Communist Party members, but the Communist Party of the Soviet Union suffers minimal loss in the elections. -
Boris Yeltsin
Boris Yeltsin- Was a Russia President from 1991-1999. He was the first popular present elected in the country’s history and he guided Russia through a tough decade of political and economical problems. This is a good idea because it's making history and starting to make new better changes. He resigned right before the day of the new year 1999.
