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Bolshevik Revolution
It began as the Bolsheviks seized Petrograd, then they took control over Moscow. This eventually led to the Communist party taking over. This was very controled; no violence and there was little resistance. -
Russian Revolution
This caused the fall of the Russian Empire. After this there was a struggle for power between the Bolshevik and the anti-communist party. -
Creation of the Communist Party
When the Communist party took over these were enforced: Peasants were to grab the land. Factories were seized and controlled by the workers’ committees. All banks were nationalized. Private accounts were removed. Foreign trade became a state business rather than private. All opposition groups were banned. A Counter-Revolutionary Committee was created. -
Lenin's New Economic Policy (NEP)
Lenin brought some some flexibility since the Communist party took over with allowing private trade, permitting peasants to sell the surplus of their produce and legalizing a small private factory ownership with less than 25 workers. -
Establisment of the USSR
Lenin became the dicator of Russia. With this Lenin's government nationalized industry and distributed land. -
Stalin's Five Year Plan
The basic idea of this plan was to have all industries under state control and all industrial would be planned by the state. The state would decide what would be made, where it would be made, and who would produce it. The five-year plans outlines programs for potential increase in the output of industrial goods. -
Cuban Missile Crisis
This ended with Soviet Union removing all the missiles from Cuba because they had put nuclear missiles under Cuba pointed in the direction of the USA. The basic idea of this plan was to have all industries under state control and all industrial would be planned by the state. The state would decide what would be made, where it would be made, and who would produce it. The five-year plans outlines programs for potential increase in the output of industrial goods. -
Glasnost/Perestroika
Gorbachev introduced freedom of press/openness. This was the first time since 1917 that this had been allowed. This helped the people freely express how they felt about what was going on in the country. -
End of Communist Party
Russia becomes "independent" as the Soviet Union collapses. This is the end of the Communist Party. Together with Ukraine and Belarus, forms the Commonwealth of Independent States, which is eventually joined by all former Soviet republics except the Baltic states. -
Democracy of Russia Implemented
This Phase was masterminded by Boris Yeltsin and based on the Russian Federation alone after 1991.This was the start of Russia finally having a democracy after putting a stop to communism. -
Russian Stock Market Crash
The Russian government diminishing the ruble and defaulting its debts.They declared a freeze on payment to foreign creditors. The Russian government decided to keep the exchange rate of the ruble within a narrow band, although many economists,including George Soros, urged the government to abandon its support of the ruble. Russia bounced back from this finical crash with surprising speed.
