1903-1949 timeline (1) Flashcards
1903
Lenin founded Bolshevik party
1917
Bolsheviks seized power of major cities
1918-1922
russian revolution
1919
comintern
1920
polish-russian war
1921
treaty of Riga
1933+1935
stalin authorises major party purges
1934
(2 points)
USSR joins LON, show trials
1936-1938
USSR army purges
1936
stalin intervenes in Spanish Civil War
1939
(5 points)
germany invade czechoslovakia, anglo-french negotiations with USSR, Nazi-Soviet pact, soviets invade e.Poland (17th september), mutual assistance pacts (oct)
1940
USSR acquire Hanko Naval base (march)
1942-1946
Manhattan Project
1943
(3 points)
comintern ends, Moscow Foreign Ministers Meeting (oct), Tehran Conference (dec)
1944
(7 points)
soviets annex polish territory (jan), romania (august), bulgaria (september), belgrade (oct), Percentages agreement (oct), greece, soviets invade Finland for a 2nd time