1903-1949 timeline (1) Flashcards

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1903

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Lenin founded Bolshevik party

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1917

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Bolsheviks seized power of major cities

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3
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1918-1922

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russian revolution

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4
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1919

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comintern

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5
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1920

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polish-russian war

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6
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1921

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treaty of Riga

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7
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1933+1935

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stalin authorises major party purges

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8
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1934

(2 points)

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USSR joins LON, show trials

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9
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1936-1938

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USSR army purges

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10
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1936

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stalin intervenes in Spanish Civil War

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11
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1939

(5 points)

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germany invade czechoslovakia, anglo-french negotiations with USSR, Nazi-Soviet pact, soviets invade e.Poland (17th september), mutual assistance pacts (oct)

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12
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1940

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USSR acquire Hanko Naval base (march)

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13
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1942-1946

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Manhattan Project

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14
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1943

(3 points)

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comintern ends, Moscow Foreign Ministers Meeting (oct), Tehran Conference (dec)

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15
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1944

(7 points)

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soviets annex polish territory (jan), romania (august), bulgaria (september), belgrade (oct), Percentages agreement (oct), greece, soviets invade Finland for a 2nd time

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16
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1945

(10 points)

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stalin’s unifying Germany plans, Truman (april), Atomic bomb tested (16th july), Hiroshima (6th august), Nagasaki (9th august), soviet espionage network revealed (september), US call for UN commission creation, USSR formally recognise Polish government, Yalta (feb), Potsdam (july)

17
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1946

(9 points)

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USSR looting in Germany, Stalin speech (feb), Iran crisis, Turkey, UN Atomic Energy Commission created, Long Telegram (feb) Iron Curtain speech (5th march), US halt reparations, Social Unity Party created (april)

18
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1947

(5 points)

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British attempt to withdraw from Greece, cominform created, Truman Doctrine (12th march), The National Security Act (26th july), CIA established (8th sept)

19
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1948

(5 points)

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The Moscow Talks (2nd august), Marshall Plan (3rd april), italian elections, new Deutschmark, Berlin blockade (june-may)

20
Q

1949

(5 points)

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containment policy adopted (feb onwards), Berlin blockade lifted (may 11th), NATO created (4th April), GDR + FDR created (may), comecon created

21
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1941

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Hitler invades USSR