1922Formation of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR)

December 30: The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR),...
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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

⚰️ Lenin's Death Sparks Stalin-Trotsky Power Struggle

January 21: The death of Vladimir Lenin triggers power struggle between Leon Trotsky and Joseph Stalin.
Lenin's Death Sparks Stalin-Trotsky Power Struggle (1924)
CommunismSoviet UnionPolitical IntrigueLeon TrotskyJoseph StalinRussian RevolutionTotalitarianismDictatorshipIdeology
RussiaRussia

👑 Stalin Consolidates Dictatorial Power in the Soviet Union

Stalin Consolidates Dictatorial Power in the Soviet Union (1927)
DictatorshipCommunismTotalitarianismSoviet UnionStalinismPolitical PowerJoseph StalinAuthoritarianismCold War
Soviet 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

💥 Dissolution of the Soviet Union & Start of Algerian Civil War

December 26: Dissolution of the Soviet Union and independence of 15 former Soviet republics. Beginning of the Algerian Civil War.
Dissolution of the Soviet Union & Start of Algerian Civil War (1991)
Cold WarSoviet UnionIndependenceGeopoliticsCivil WarDecolonizationVladimir Putin
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