Timeline of Important Events in
Russian History!
By: Ivy Phillips
The Russian
Revolution. It
marked the end
of the reign of
Czar Nicolas II.
Was the
beginning of
communism.
Stalin takes control
of the Communist
Party.
1917
1929
1922
The U.S.S.R. is
established. Josef
Stalin becomes
General Secretary of
the Communist Party.
Stalin dies; collective
leadership rules the USSR;
Georgi Malenkov becomes
chairman of Council of
Ministers; Khrushchev
becomes head of the
Communist Party
1953
1939
USSR & Germany sign nonaggression pact; The two
countries invade Poland,
beginning WWII; USSR
invades Finland.
USSR and USA
sign treaty to limit
production of
nuclear weapons
because of the
Cold War.
Yeltsin launches free-market
reforms; devaluation of ruble
ensues; millions become private
property owners as state-owned
assets are sold off
1972
1961
Berlin Wall
built; Yuri
Gagarin
becomes first
man in space.
1992
1987
Gorbachev institutes reforms
in voting, allows Soviet
citizens to vote for people
other than Communist Party
members; Communist Party
of the Soviet Union suffers
minimal loss in elections, but
still hold vast majority of seats
1996
Yeltsin narrowly
defeats the
communists in
the 2nd
presidential
election
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