1922 ⟶ Formation of 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.⟶

CommunismSoviet UnionUSSRRussian RevolutionIdeologyVladimir LeninTotalitarianismCold War






⚰️ Lenin's Death Sparks Stalin-Trotsky Power Struggle
January 21: The death of Vladimir Lenin triggers power struggle between Leon Trotsky and Joseph Stalin.⟶

CommunismSoviet UnionPolitical IntrigueLeon TrotskyJoseph StalinRussian RevolutionTotalitarianismDictatorshipIdeology

👑 Stalin Consolidates Dictatorial Power in the Soviet Union
November 12: Soviet general secretary Joseph Stalin becomes dictator of the Soviet Union.⟶

DictatorshipCommunismTotalitarianismSoviet UnionStalinismPolitical PowerJoseph StalinAuthoritarianismCold War

🇷🇺 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.⟶

Cold WarSoviet UnionNikita KhrushchevPower StruggleCommunismUSSR

💥 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.⟶

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