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The Bolsheviks overthrew the provisional government creating a civil war between the "reds" and the "whites"
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The communists "reds" win the civil war
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The soviet union is created after the won civil war
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Lenin Dies with a power struggle coming afterwards
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Stalin takes power after lenins death
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Stalin created a planned economy which led to a rapid industrialization of Russia
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Stalin signs a non agression pact with hitler
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After capturing Berlin, stalin turned it into a satellite state.
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Stalin Dies
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the country goes through a process to purge the communist ideals
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created tensions with US
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The communist party is banned