1959 ⟶ GULAG Disbandment Following Mass Deaths

By this time, the GULAG has been effectively disbanded, afte...
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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.⟶
Stalin Consolidates Dictatorial Power in the Soviet Union (1927)
DictatorshipCommunismTotalitarianismSoviet UnionStalinismPolitical PowerJoseph StalinAuthoritarianismCold War
Soviet UnionSoviet Union

⛓️ First Gulag Inmates in the Soviet Union

First people sent to the gulag in the Soviet Union as Stalin assumes effective control.⟶
First Gulag Inmates in the Soviet Union (1929)
Soviet UnionGulagStalinPurgesRepressionTotalitarianismHuman Rights
Soviet UnionSoviet Union

🌾 Soviet Famine and Holodomor Commence

Soviet famine of 1930–1933 and Holodomor begin.⟶
Soviet Famine and Holodomor Commence (1930)
FamineSoviet UnionCollectivizationJoseph StalinGenocide
Soviet UnionSoviet Union

👣 Deportation of the Chechen Population

February – March: Chechen insurgency ends with deportation of the entire Chechen population.⟶
Deportation of the Chechen Population (1944)
World War IIEthnic CleansingForced MigrationSoviet UnionStalinismHuman RightsGenocide
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

⛓️ GULAG Disbandment Following Mass Deaths

By this time, the GULAG has been effectively disbanded, after over a million recorded deaths.⟶
GULAG Disbandment Following Mass Deaths (1959)
Soviet UnionStalinismRepressionHuman RightsPolitical PurgesCold WarAtrocityTotalitarianism
Soviet UnionSoviet Union