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Soviet Union Timeline

By CarterJoncas
  • Russian Empire
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    Russian Empire

    There was a king who only helped the rich. he was a tyrant and starved the poor.
  • Russian Revolution

    Russian Revolution

    Poor Russian citizens revolt against the king of the Russian Empire. They were revolting to stop him from being a tyrant and stop him from neglecting them.
  • Russian Civil War

    Russian Civil War

    Reds were Communists and whites were Capitalists so they fought.
  • World War II

    World War II

    USA dropped the A-Bomb on Hiroshima.
  • Start of the Cold War

    Start of the Cold War

    The USSR and USA had competition on which government is better Communism (USSR) or Capitalism (USA).
  • Iron Curtain was Formed

    Iron Curtain was Formed

    The USSR made a defense to stop Germany from invading them.
  • Red Scare

    Red Scare

    Russian spy's were in America and people thought everybody was a spy.
  • Space Race

    Space Race

    The USSR and the USA were having competition to see who is the best. And sense Space is a huge thing they had a space race.
  • Cuban Missile Crises.

    Cuban Missile Crises.

    The USA put missiles in Turkey and Italy. So USSR put missiles in Cuba pointing at USA.
  • Fall of the Soviet Union

    Fall of the Soviet Union

    The USSR was spending too much money on war stuff and the space race and not that much money on the people and goods. People didn't approve of this.
  • Vietnam war

    Vietnam war

    Vietnam was falling to communism and since America believes in the domino theory they helped the capitalist side also known as the south side.