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The Making of the Soviet Union 1917-1939

By _Cheetah_

  • Abdication of Tsar Nicholas II

    Tsar Nicholas II was forced to abdicate and a new government led by Kerensky was established.

  • Communist Revolution

    The communists, led by Lenin, led a revolution which quickly spread to Moscow.

  • Russia leaves World War I

    At Brest-Litovsk in early 1918, Russia signed a peace treaty with the Germans and left the First World War.
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    Russian Civil War

    Between 1918-20, there was a civil war in Russia, between the Reds (communists) and the Whites (anti-communists). The Reds won.

  • Foundation of the USSR

    The Communists founded the USSR (Union of Soviet Socialist Republics),

  • Death of Lenin

    Lenin died in 1924, two years after the establishment of the USSR.

  • Staline heir to Lenin

    Staline defeated his main rival, Trotsky, and became the heir to Lenin.

  • Collectivisation and Kolkhozes

    In 1928, Staline decided to make the USSR into a great industrial state and to establish an egalitarian society. All industries became state owned and controlled.
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    Purges (The Great Terror)

    Stalin carried out the Purges. The State Police (NKVD) acted against important Communist Party officials and officers of the Red Army whom he suspected of plotting against him.