1953 ⟶ East German Uprising, Beria's Execution, and Soviet Power Struggle

June 16 – 17: An East German Uprising leads to the arrest an...
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🤝 Germany and Soviet Union Sign Non-Aggression Pact

August 23: The Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact between Germany and the Soviet Union.⟶
Germany and Soviet Union Sign Non-Aggression Pact (1939)
World War IIAppeasementNazi GermanySoviet UnionDiplomacyTotalitarianismAdolf HitlerJoseph Stalin
GermanyGermanySoviet UnionSoviet Union

🇩🇪 East German Uprising, Beria's Execution, and Soviet Power Struggle

June 16 – 17: An East German Uprising leads to the arrest and execution of Lavrentiy Beria; power struggle begins between Georgy Malenkov and Nikita Khrushchev.⟶
East German Uprising, Beria's Execution, and Soviet Power Struggle (1953)
Cold WarSoviet UnionEast GermanyRebellionPolitical PurgeNikita KhrushchevEastern Bloc
GermanyGermanySoviet UnionSoviet Union

🇷🇺 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

🧱 Berlin Wall Construction Begins

August 13: Construction of the Berlin Wall.⟶
Berlin Wall Construction Begins (1961)
Cold WarEast GermanyWest GermanyBerlinIron CurtainDivided GermanyPolitical DivisionCommunismSoviet Union
GermanyGermany

🇩🇪 Reunification of Germany

October 3: German reunification.⟶
Reunification of Germany (1990)
Cold WarGerman HistoryPolitical TransitionNationalismEastern BlocWestern BlocEuropean Integration
GermanyGermany