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millions of peasants in the Don region starve to death. The army takes grain for its own needs and the needs of urban dwellers.
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On September 1, 1939, Germany invaded Poland.
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After the devastation of World War I, the Western Powers imposed a series of harsh treaties upon the defeated nations.
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Soviet Union adopts constitution based on the dictatorship of the proletariat and stipulating the public ownership of land and the means of production.
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USSR is admitted into the League of Nations.
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Sign non aggression pact. Later, Germany invades USSR.
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WWII comes to a close, and the USSR & US feel tensions with out a common enemy
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Congress of People's Deputies votes for the dissolution of the Soviet Union.
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Ushers in a partial return to the market economy and a period of stability.
