1953 ⟶ Death of Soviet Leader Joseph Stalin

March 5: Death of Stalin.
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🇷🇺 Formation of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR)

December 30: The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR), the world's first officially Communist state, is formed.⟶
Formation of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) (1922)
CommunismSoviet UnionUSSRRussian RevolutionIdeologyVladimir LeninTotalitarianismCold War
RussiaRussiaUkraineUkraineBelarusBelarusAzerbaijanAzerbaijanArmeniaArmeniaGeorgiaGeorgia

👑 Stalin Consolidates Dictatorial Power in the Soviet Union

November 12: Soviet general secretary Joseph Stalin becomes dictator of the Soviet Union.⟶
Stalin Consolidates Dictatorial Power in the Soviet Union (1927)
DictatorshipCommunismTotalitarianismSoviet UnionStalinismPolitical PowerJoseph StalinAuthoritarianismCold War
Soviet UnionSoviet Union

💀 Death of Soviet Leader Joseph Stalin

March 5: Death of Stalin.⟶
Death of Soviet Leader Joseph Stalin (1953)
Cold WarSoviet UnionStalinismDictatorshipCommunist PartyPost-War
UkraineUkraineBelarusBelarus

🇷🇺 Khrushchev Consolidates Power in the Soviet Union

After winning the power struggle that followed Stalin's death two years earlier, Nikita Khrushchev assumes control of the Soviet Union.⟶
Khrushchev Consolidates Power in the Soviet Union (1955)
Cold WarSoviet UnionNikita KhrushchevPower StruggleCommunismUSSR
Soviet UnionSoviet Union

👑 Brezhnev Succeeds Khrushchev as Soviet Leader

October 14: Leonid Brezhnev ousts Khrushchev and assumes power in the Soviet Union.⟶
Brezhnev Succeeds Khrushchev as Soviet Leader (1964)
Cold WarSoviet UnionLeadership ChangeKhrushchevUSSRCommunist Party
Soviet UnionSoviet Union

⚰️ Brezhnev's Death and Andropov's Rise

November 10 – 15: Death of Leonid Brezhnev; Yuri Andropov becomes General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.⟶
Brezhnev's Death and Andropov's Rise (1982)
Cold WarSoviet UnionCommunist PartyLeadership ChangeSuccessionEastern Bloc
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