Soviet Union time line By Jschwart Jan 8, 1904 Russo-japanese war Sep 5, 1905 End of Russo-Japanese War Oct 30, 1905 The duma is created Jul 28, 1914 WW1 Mar 2, 1917 Duma became the provisional government Mar 8, 1917 November revolution Mar 15, 1917 Czar Nicholas abdication Nov 7, 1917 End of November revolution Nov 7, 1917 Russian civil war Nov 11, 1918 End of WW1 Apr 3, 1922 Stalin takes over as general secretary of the communist party Oct 25, 1922 End of Russian civil war 1928 1st 5 year plan 1933 2nd 5 year plan 1936 Stalin’s “Great Purge” Sep 1, 1939 WW2 1945 Cold War Sep 2, 1945 End of WW2 Oct 16, 1952 Stalin’s death 1953 Destalinization Jul 24, 1959 Nixon/Khruschev “Kitchen debate” Mar 11, 1985 Gorbachev takes over as General Secretary of the Communist Party 1986 Perestroika 1986 Glasnost 1990 End of Cold War Dec 26, 1991 Dissolution of the Soviet Union