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March 8, 1917
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International Women’s Day: strikes and demonstrations in Petrograd, growing over the next few days, starts the Russian Revolution
March 15, 1917
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09/13/1917
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October 1917
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Bolsheviks overthrow provisional government led by Alexander Kerensky, and Vladimir Lenin takes over. He established a communist government.
November 8, 1917
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1920
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1921
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1924
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Lenin dies and is replaced by Joseph Stalin. Stalin was a dictator and sent millions to labor camps.
February 4, 1945
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The cold war begins
March 1946
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Winston Churchill delivers "Iron Curtain" Speech
June 1947
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Marshall Plan is announced
February 1948
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June 24, 1948
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May 12, 1949
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July 1949
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June 1950
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March 1953
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Stalin dies and is succeeded by Georgi Malenkov as prime minister and by Nikita Khrushchev as first secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party.
July 1953
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May 1955
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1958
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January 1959
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August 13, 1961
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August 17, 1961
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October 1962
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1964
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Khrushchev is replaced as first secretary of the Communist Party by Leonid Brezhnev; Aleksey Kosygin becomes prime minister. Brezhnev invaded Czechoslovakia, and achieves parity with the U.S. on strateigic nulear weapons.
1982
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Brezhnev dies and is replaced by KGB chief Yuri Andropov.
1984
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Andropov dies and is replaced by Konstantin Chernenko.
1985
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Chernenko dies and is replaced by Mikhail Gorbachev as general secretary of the Communist Party. Gorbachev begins an anti-alcohol campaign and promulgates the policies of openness, or glasnost, and restructuring, or perestroika. His reforms hastened the end of communism
1986
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Chernobyl nuclear power station explodes, showering large areas in Ukraine, Belarus and beyond with radioactive material.
1988
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November 1989
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1990
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Yeltsin elected president of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic by the latter's parliament and leaves the Soviet Communist Party.
September 1990
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Congress of People's Deputies votes for the dissolution of the Soviet Union.
December 8, 1991
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Leaders of Russia, Ukraine and Belarus sign agreement setting up Commonwealth of Independent States.
December 25, 1991
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Gorbachev resigns as Soviet president; US recognizes independence of remaining Soviet republics.
December 26, 1991
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Russian government takes over offices of USSR in Russia.