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Bolshevik Revolution
Czar Nicholas gets assassinated in 1918 by the Bolsheviks who were led by Vladimir Lenin who took control a year earlier in 1917 -
Red Terror
A period of political repression and mass killings by the Bolsheviks. It was a wartime campaign against anti revolutionaries who targeted people sided with the whites (opposite of the Bolsheviks). -
Success in War
In December, the Bolsheviks win the civil war and created the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics from four Republics. These republics were named the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, the Transcaucasian Socialist Federative Soviet Republic, the Ukrainian Soviet Socialists Republic and the Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republics. -
First Five-Year Plan
The F.F.Y.P was a lost of economic goals set by General Stalin. It was his method of planning economic growth over limited periods with the use of quotas. -
The End of World War II
When WWII ends and after, Russia occupied Eastern Europe and established puppet governments. Tensions with the US grows and marks the beginning of the Cold War -
The Atomic Bomb
Russia and the US were allies but the Russians were mad at the US because the US didn't tell Russia anything about Atomic Bombs. After hearing that United States bombed Japan twice, the race to develop bombs was on. The US was confident that the Russians wouldn't develop atomic bombs anytime soon but were shocked after finding out that Russians tested out their first atomic bomb 4 years after the bombing on Japan -
Stalin Dies
After about 30 years of governing, Stalin died from a burst blood vessel in the brain. After carrying out an autopsy, it came to knowledge that he died from Cerebral Hemorrhage and additionally suffered from severe damage to his cerebral arteries due to atherosclerosis. Rumors spread that he was poisoned by Beria who could've used Warfarin, a colorless drug -
Nikita Khrushchev
Nikita Khrushchev became the first secretary of the Communist Party and criticized Stalin. -
Cuban Missile Crisis
Nikita Khrushchev pulled out of the Cuban Missile Crisis. Tensions were tighter than usual with the United States. With the withdraw of nukes in Cuba, the world could breath again because there would no longer be threat of Nuclear Warfare -
Improving the Economy
From 1985-1991, General Secretary Mikhail Gorbachev attempted to improve their struggling economy with openness and restructuring -
Bad Year for Russia
In 1998, the Russian stock market crashed which led to their economy collapsing.
