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Creation of the Communist Party
Vladimir Lenin was the founder of the Russian Communist Party. -
Russian Revolution
The Tsarist autocracy was destroyed and led to the creation of the Soviet Union. -
Bolshevik Revolution
Soviet Russia was created during this time. It was also the start of the Russian civil war. -
Lenin’s New Economic Policy
The NEP was created to encourage the peasants to grow more food for the soldiers instead of only making enough for themselves and co-operate with the Government. Unemployment skyrocketed under the NEP. It also expanded Russia’s economic base. -
Establishment of the USSR
In 1991 the union collapsed and was dissolved. -
Stalin’s 5 year Plan
His Plan was to make targets for factories for coal, oil, iron, steel, and weapons. He wanted the targets to be met, but they were completely unrealistic. There were vast improvements made to meet the targets. -
Cuban Missile Crisis
Stalin was putting nuclear long ranged missiles in Cuba and was going to fire it on the United States. In the result of this the U.S. took their missiles out of Turkey and the soviets had to take out their missiles from Cuba. -
Glasnost/Perestroika
They were Mikhail Gorbachev's watchwords for the renovation of the Soviet society. -
End of the Communist Party
The Communist party no longer exist after the coup d'état attempt in 1991 and was succeeded by the Communist Party of the Russian Federation. -
Russian Stock Market Crash
Russia's invasion of Georgia on Aug. 8 caused a massive fall in the Russian stock market, -
Democracy of Russia Implemented
Soviet democracy is a form of democracy in which workers' councils called soviets, consisting of worker-elected delegates.
