20th Century Russia

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Event Date:	Event Title:	Event Description:
01/31/1912	Creation of the Comunist Party	It emerged from the Bolshevik faction of the Russian Social Democratic Labour Party, and controled the USSR until it down fall.
02/02/1917	Russian Revolution	The Russian Revolution is the collective term for a series of revolutions in Russia in 1917, which removed the Czars from power and led to the creation of the Soviet Union.
11/07/1917	Bolshevik Revolution	The Bolshevik Revolution also known as The October Revolution in Petrograd overthrew the Russian Provisional Government and gave the power to the local soviets dominated by Bolsheviks.
03/21/1920	Lenin's New Economic Party	An economic policy proposed by Vladimir Lenin, who called it state capitalism. It allowed small shops to open for personal profit but still kept gov. control of banks, foreign trade, and ect.
01/01/1922	Establishment of the USSR	Existed from 1922 to 1991 it was controlled by the Communist Party for the whole time.
02/01/1928	Stalin's Five Year Plan	A list of economic goals that were created to strengthen the country's economy between 1928 and 1932, making the nation both militarily and industrially self sufficient.
10/16/1962	Cuban Missle Crisis	A confrontation between the Soviet Union and Cuba on one side and the United States on the other in October 1962, during the Cold War.
02/02/1980	Glasnost/Perestroika	Glasnost was the policy of openness, and transparency in the activities of all government institutions (Glasnost means openness). Perestroika was a political movement in the communist party in which policy's like Glasnost were created.
11/02/1991	Democracy of Russia Implemeted	Democracy was instated almost immediately after the USSR was dissolved.
12/02/1991	End of Communist Party	The Soviet Union collapsed and was formally dissolved in December 1991 after the abortive August coup attempt. The Agust coup was an attempt by a group of members of the Soviet Union's government to take control of the country from Soviet president Mikhail Gorbachev.
08/17/1998	Russian Stock Market Crash	The Russian financial crisis also called "Ruble Crisis" hit Russia on 17 August 1998. It resulted in the Russian government devaluing the ruble and defaulting on its debt.