1922 ⟶ Formation 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

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

🇷🇺 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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