Russia By brandoooo 1917 USSR started 1918 Treaty of Brest-Litovsk 1920 War with Poland 1928 5 Year Plan 1939 Germany invades Poland World War 2 was started 1945 Russia declares war on Japan 1953 Stalin dies 1955 Warsaw pact 1957 Sputnik 1977 Brezhnev becomes president 1982 Brezhnev dies 1985 Chernenko dies 1991 Gorbachev resigns 1991 Russian gov. takes over offices of USSR in Russia