1985 ⟶ Gorbachev Ascends to Soviet Leadership
March 11: Mikhail Gorbachev becomes General Secretary of the...
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👑 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
Soviet 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.⟶
Cold WarSoviet UnionNikita KhrushchevPower StruggleCommunismUSSR
Soviet 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.⟶
Cold WarSoviet UnionCommunist PartyLeadership ChangeSuccessionEastern Bloc
Soviet Union🇷🇺 Gorbachev Ascends to Soviet Leadership
Cold WarSoviet UnionCommunismMikhail GorbachevPerestroikaGlasnostPolitical Transition
Soviet Union🔨 Perestroika Reforms Begin in the Soviet Union
January 2: Beginning of the perestroika ("restructuring"), a political movement for reformation within the Communist Party of the Soviet Union during the 1980s associated with Gorbachev and his glasnost ("openness") policy reform.⟶
Soviet UnionPerestroikaGlasnostCold WarMikhail GorbachevCommunismPolitical Reform
Soviet Union🇷🇺 Soviet Coup Attempt Against Gorbachev
August 19: Soviet coup attempt of 1991: A coup occurs in response to a new union treaty to be signed on August 20.⟶
Cold WarSoviet UnionCoup d'étatMikhail GorbachevBoris YeltsinPerestroikaGlasnost
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