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Bolshevik revolution
The Russian Revolution was a period of political and social revolution across the territory of the Russian Empire, commencing with the abolition of the monarchy in 1917, and concluding in 1923 after the Bolshevik establishment of the Soviet Union, including national states of Ukraine, Azerbaijan and others, and end of the Civil War. -
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Treaty of Brest-Litovsk
The Treaty of Brest-Litovsk was a peace treaty signed on March 3 of 1918,between the new Bolshevik government of Russia and the central powers that ended the Russia's participation in World War l. The treaty was agreed upon by the Russians to stop further invasion. It is considered the first diplomatic treaty ever filmed. -
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Paris Peace Conference
Paris Peace Conference was the meeting in 1919 and 1920 of the victorious Allies after World War l to set the Peace terms for the defeated Central Powers. The conference involved diplomats from 32 countries and nationalities, and it's major decisions were the reation of the League of Nations and the five peace treaties:Treaty of Versailles, 28 June 1919.Treaty of Saint-Germain, 10 September 1919.Treaty of Neuilly, 27 November 1919.Treaty of Trianon , 4 June 1920.Treaty of Sèvres , 10August 1920. -
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The Roaring Twenties
The Roaring Twenties refers to the decade of the 1920s in Western society and Western culture. It was a period of economic prosperity with a distinctive cultural edge in the United States and Europe, the decade was known as the “anées folles”, emphasizing the era's social, artisticartistic and cultural dynamism. -
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Musolini rises to power
In 1922, Benito Mussolini came to power as the prime minister of Italy and the leader of the National Fascist Party.He ruled democratically and constitutionally, but in 1925, he turned Italy into a one-party, totalitarian state, and ruled as Italy's dictator. He forcefully governed Italy until 1943 when the Allied invasion of the country led to his downfall and execution.He went from being a journalist and minor political figure to becoming prime minister of Italy within the space of five years. -
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Creation of the USSR
The Soviet Union was a federal sovereign state in northern Eurasia. Nominally a Union of multiple national Soviet republics, in practices it's government and economy were highly centralized. The country was one party state, governed by the Communist Party with Moscow as it's capital in its largest republic.It's territory included much of Easter Europe, past of Northern Europe and all of Northern and Central Asia. -
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Black Thursday
Black Thursday was the first day of the stocket market crash of 1929. That was the worst stock market crash in U.S. history. It kicked off the Great Depression. -
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The Great Depression
The Great Depression was a severe worldwide economic depression that took place mostly during the 1930s, beginning in the United States. The timing of the Great Depression varied across nations, in most countries, it started in 1929 and lasted until the late 1930s.It was the longest, deepest, and most widespread depression of the 20th century. The Great Depression is commonly used as an example of how intensely the world's economy can decline. -
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Japan invaded Manchuria
The Japanese invasion of Manchuria began the 18 September of 1931,when the Kwantung Army of the Japan Empire invaded Manchuria immediately following the Mukdent Incident. After the war, the Japanese established the puppet state of Manchukuo. Their occupation lasted until the Soviet Union and Mongolia launched the Manchurian Strategic offensive Operation in 1945 -
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New Deal
The New Deal was a series of programs , public work projects, financial reforms and regulations enacted Franklin D. Roosevelt in the United States between 1933 and 1939.It responded to needs for relief, reform, and recovery from the Great Depression. Major federal programs and agencies included the Civilian Conservation Corps, the Civil Works Administration , the Farm Security Administration , the National Industrial Recovery Act of 1933 and the Social Security Administration. -
Hitler is named Chancellor of Germany
On January 30, 1933, President Paul von Hindenburg names Adolf Hitler, leader or führer of the National Socialist German Workers Party , as chancellor of Germany.He marked a crucial turning point for Germany and, ultimately, for the world. His plan, embraced by much of the German population, was to do away with politics and make Germany a powerful, unified one-party state -
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Germany annexed the Czech region of Sudetenland
In the early hour of 30 September of 1938,leaders of Germany, Great Britain, France and Italy signed and agreement that allowed the Nazis to annex the Sudetenland, a region Czechoslovakia that was home to many ethnic Germans. Hitler threatened to take the Sudetenland by force. The Czechoslovakian government resisted, but it's allies France and Britain, determined to avoid war at all costs.On Sept.29,Hitler met in Munich with Neville Chamberlain, Daladier and Musolini to reach a final settlement. -
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Italy annexed Albania
The Italian invasion of Albania was a brief military campaign by the Kingdom of Italy against the Kingdom of Albania. The conflict was a result of the imperialist policies of Italian dictator Benito Mussolini. Albania was rapidly overrun, its ruler, King Zog I, forced into exile, and the country made part of the Italian Empire as a protectorate in personal union with the Italian crown. -
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Germany invaded Poland
The invasion of Poland, marked the beginning of the World War ll. The German invasion began on 1 September of 1939,one week after the signing of the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact between Germany and the Soviet Union, and one day after the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union had approved the pact.