1905-1939

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  • 1939
    1939 BCE

    1939

    World War II begins
  • 1937
    1937 BCE

    1937

    By 1937 collectivization was almost completed, kulaks had been eliminated and the peasants were afraid of Communist powers.
  • 1929
    1929 BCE

    1929

    In 1929 Stalin began collectivising all farms (kolkhos).
  • 1928
    1928 BCE

    1928

    A Five-Year Plan set targets for all basic industrial factories and workers. They started in 1928
  • 1927
    1927 BCE

    1927

    Trotsky was isolated and thrown out of the Communist Party (1927).
  • 1924
    1924 BCE

    1924

    In 1924 a new constitution established the USSR (Union of Soviet Socialist Republics).
  • 1921
    1921 BCE

    1921

    The Bolsheviks finally won the Civil War in 1921.
    In 1921 Lenin introduced a New Economic Policy to restore order and increase prosperity after the chaos of Revolution, Civil War, and War Communism.
  • 1918
    1918 BCE

    1918

    In 1918 Russia was divided into two factions:
    -White Russians
    -The Red Army.
  • 1916
    1916 BCE

    1916

    In 1916 the Tsar himself took control of the army.
  • 1914
    1914 BCE

    1914

    In 1914 the Russian Empire joined World War I.
  • 1905
    1905 BCE

    1905

    In 1905 Russia´s defeat in a war with Japan provoked rebellion.
  • February 1917

    February 1917

    In February 1917 riots broke out in Petrograd.
  • July 1917

    July 1917

    In July 1917, which were harshly repressed by Kerensky’s government.
  • October 1917

    October 1917

    On the 23rd of October (1917) a revolution took place.