Modern History - Russia and Soviet Union
RUSSIA & THE SOVIET UNION 1917-1941
TIMELINE 1917 -‐ Bolshevik or ‘October’ Revolution 1917 -‐ Treaty of Brest-‐Litovsk signed 1918 -‐ Start of the Civil War. ‘War Communism’ introduced 1919 -‐ Formation of ‘Comintern’ 1921 -‐ End of Civil War. Kronstadt uprising. Introduction of the ‘NEP’. 1924 -‐ Death of Lenin (beginning of power struggle) 1927 -‐ First ‘Five Year Plan’ 1928 -‐ End of the NEP. Start of collectivisation. Beginning of the Stalin’s ‘Cultural Revolution’ 1929 -‐ Trotsky exiled to Alma Ata in Kazakhstan 1930 -‐ Zhenotdel abolished. Beginning of the ‘Great Retreat’ 1934 -‐ Assassination of Kirov. ‘Kirov Decrees’ announced 1936 -‐ First of the ‘show trials’. Introduction of a new ‘Constitution’. Beginning of the ‘Great Terror’ 1939 -‐ Nazi-‐Soviet non-‐aggression pact signed 1941 -‐ Beginning of the ‘Great Patriotic War’
Timeline of 1917 – the year of two revolutions Month February March Event Abdication of Nicholas II. Members of the old Duma step forth to create the Provisional Government. Petrograd Soviet comes into existence
Order No. 1 of the Petrograd Soviet: • If the
TIMELINE 1917 -‐ Bolshevik or ‘October’ Revolution 1917 -‐ Treaty of Brest-‐Litovsk signed 1918 -‐ Start of the Civil War. ‘War Communism’ introduced 1919 -‐ Formation of ‘Comintern’ 1921 -‐ End of Civil War. Kronstadt uprising. Introduction of the ‘NEP’. 1924 -‐ Death of Lenin (beginning of power struggle) 1927 -‐ First ‘Five Year Plan’ 1928 -‐ End of the NEP. Start of collectivisation. Beginning of the Stalin’s ‘Cultural Revolution’ 1929 -‐ Trotsky exiled to Alma Ata in Kazakhstan 1930 -‐ Zhenotdel abolished. Beginning of the ‘Great Retreat’ 1934 -‐ Assassination of Kirov. ‘Kirov Decrees’ announced 1936 -‐ First of the ‘show trials’. Introduction of a new ‘Constitution’. Beginning of the ‘Great Terror’ 1939 -‐ Nazi-‐Soviet non-‐aggression pact signed 1941 -‐ Beginning of the ‘Great Patriotic War’
Timeline of 1917 – the year of two revolutions Month February March Event Abdication of Nicholas II. Members of the old Duma step forth to create the Provisional Government. Petrograd Soviet comes into existence
Order No. 1 of the Petrograd Soviet: • If the