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The Life of Josef Stalin
Political
Stalin Elected as General Secretary of the Communist Party
April 1922
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Lenin writes his last Testament; triumvirate is formed against Trotsky
December 1922
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Lenin's Postscript recommends Stalin's dismissal
January 1923
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Triumvirs begin their campaign against Trotsky
February 1923
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Central Committee keeps Lenin's Testament secret; Don't dismiss Stalin
May 1924
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Trotsky dismissed as Commisar of war
January 1925
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Leningrad Opposition starts
May 1925
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14th Party Congress; Leningrad Opposition outvoted
December 1925
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United Opposition formed
July 1926
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Trotsky & Zinoviev expelled from communist party, Kamenev from C. Commitee
November 1927
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15th party congress; Zinoviev & Kamenev end united opposition
December 1927
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16th Party Conference, right is defeated over collectivisation
April 1929
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Bukharin removed from the Politburo
November 1929
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16th Party congress (signs of opposition towards Stalin)
June 1930
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Ryutin Affair
September 1932
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Smirnov's anti-party group is charged with attempting to replace Stalin
January 1933
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17th Party Congress
February 1934
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Secret trial of Zinoviev, Kamenev, and 17 other members of a Moscow center
January 1935
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Ezhov replaces Yagoda as Head of NKVD Secret Police
September 1936
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Bukharin is expelled from the party
February 1937
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Beria replaces Ezhov as Head of NKVD Secret Police
December 1938
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18th Party Congress
March 1939
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Nazi-Soviet Pact signed in Moscow
August 1939
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Political-Social
Lenin dies
January 1924
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Stalin reveals "socialism in one country" for the first time
November 1924
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Trotsky deported to Alma-Ata
January 1928
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Trotsky deported to Constantinople
January 1929
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Bukharin is removed as editor of the Pravda
April 1929
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Kirov is murdered; thousands arrested
December 1934
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Start of Great Terror
December 1934
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First show trial
August 1936
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Trial of the 16 (first show trial) and Great Purge starts
August 1936
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Second Show Trial (Trial of the Seventeen)
January 1937
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Third Show Trial (Trial of the Twenty-One)
March 1938
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Purges end; Stalin is in control
March 1939
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Trotsky assassinated by Stalin's agents in Mexico City
August 1940
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Stalin becomes Generallisimo and starts to reassert control over party and state
June 1945
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Leningrad Affaiir
July 1949
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Mingrelian case
1951
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Stalin dies
March 1953
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Social
First Five Year Plan approved
April 1929
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Stalin calls for Kulaks to be liquidated as a class
December 1929
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Mass arrests continue
January 1935
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New Family Law is introduced
June 1936
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Zhdanov dies
August 1948
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Economic
First five year plan starts
October 1928
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Start of mass collectivisation
January 1930
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Start of Stakhanovite movement
August 1935
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Political-Economic
14th Part Congress (industrialization congress)
December 1925
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Party purge expels thousands of lower ranking party members
1928 - 1930
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Seventeenth party congress approves Second Five Year Plan
January 1934
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18th Party Congress Approves Third Five Year Plan
March 1939
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Fourth Five Year Plan Announced
1946
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Fifth Five Year Plan starts
1951
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Social-Economic
Crisis in industry; forced collectivization causes famine
1932 - 1933
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Doctor's Plot
January 1953
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Pol-Ec-Soc
Bukharin wins Central Committee vote to slow down collectivization
July 1928
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Red Army purge begins
May 1937
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Outbreak of World War II
September 1939
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End of World War II; Soviet Union controls Eastern Europe
April 1945
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Sino-Soviet Treaty signed
February 1950
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