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Workers and sailors worked to capture government buildings which led to them taking over Winter Palace in St. Petersburg, and Moscow.
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Joins Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, Georgia, Armenia and Azerbaijan into the Soviet Union
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This set goals and priorities for the whole economy, and signifies an end of the New Economic Policy.
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Germany signed a non-aggression pact with the Soviet Union that allowed both countries to complete the tasks they wanted to. Hitler wanted to invade Poland. Stalin wanted to build up his army. They even secretly agreed to divide Europe once they had conquered it. Germany invades Poland which triggers WWII.
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Alliance between Soviet Union and Eastern Europe countries during the Cold War.
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Soviet troops leave Afghanistan. Nationalist riots are put down in Georgia. Lithuanian Communist Party declares it's independence from the Soviet Communist Party; first openly-contested elections for parliament.
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Revolutions in Poland, Hungary, East Germany, Bulgaria, Czechoslavakia and Romania, and mass public rallies lead to fall.
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Yeltsin recognizes the independence of the Baltic republics; Ukraine followed by other republics, declares itself independent.
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Leaders of Russia, Ukraine, and Belarus sign agreement setting up the Commonwealth of Independent States.
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The US recognizes the independence of the remaining Soviet republics. Russian government takes over offices of USSR in Russia.
