Stalin

Reign of Stalin

By emmaliiiiine
  • Death of Lenin

    Death of Lenin

    Vladimir Ilyich Lenin dies. After exiling his chief rival, Trotsky, Stalin rises to power, despite Lenin's wish that Stalin not succeed him.

  • Adoption of first Five-Year Plan

    This instigates the years of forced collectivization; millions lose their property.
  • Kirov murdered

    Kirov murdered

    Murder of Sergei Mironovich Kirov, Communist party boss in Leningrad. This launches a massive investigation and purge of the Communist Party, replete with show trials and mysterious deaths.
  • Period: to

    Great Purge

    Some 800,000 people are arrested, imprisoned, and/or executed.
  • Stalin-Ribbentrop Pact

    Stalin-Ribbentrop Pact

    Stalin signs a non-agression pact with Germany, dividing most of Europe into spheres of influence for the USSR and Germany. Hitler breaks this pact in 1941.

  • End of World War II

    Hitler commits suicide; war is effectively over.

  • Death of Stalin

    Stalin dies.