-
The October Revolution, also know as the second phase of the Russian Revolution was led by Vladimir Lenin. It was the first official communist revolution that was based on the ideas of Karl Marx.
-
-
Vladimir Lenin suffers a stroke which leaves him unable to speak and as a result retires as chairman of the Soviet Union government.
-
The Soviet Union is officially recgonized by the United Kingdom.
-
Vladimir Lenin is officially declared dead.
-
Leon Trotsky id expelled from the Communist Party.
-
Due to the death of Vladimir Lenin and the removal of Leon Trotsky, Josef Stalin takes undisputed control of the Soviet Union.
-
In 1933 the United States and the Soviet Union establish formal diplomatic relations.
-
The Soviet Union joins the Leaugue of Nations.
-
31 people are executed for following and supporting LeonTrotsky's ideas.
-
Stalin and Hitler agree to divide Eastern Europe. Hitler rules over West Poland to Germany, while Stalin rules over Finland, the Baltic states and eastern Poland to the USSR.
-
Poland and the Polish territories are invaded by the Soviet Union.
-
WWII begins.
-
Japan and the Soviet Union sign a nuetrallity pact.
-
World War II: Soviet leader Joseph Stalin addresses the Soviet Union for only the second time during his three-decade rule. He states that even though 350,000 troops were killed in German attacks so far, that the Germans have lost 4.5 million soldiers and that Soviet victory was near.
-
British Prime Minister Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin begin a nine-day conference in Moscow to discuss the future of Europe.
-
Soviet Union forces capture Budapest, Hungary from the Nazis.
