1936 ⟶ Stalin's Great Purge Begins

Great Purge begins under Stalin.
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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

🔪 Stalin's Great Purge Begins

Great Purge begins under Stalin.⟶
Stalin's Great Purge Begins (1936)
StalinSoviet UnionPurgesPolitical RepressionCommunismTotalitarianismGulag
Soviet UnionSoviet Union

💀 End of the Great Purge

The Great Purge ends after nearly 700,000 executions.⟶
End of the Great Purge (1938)
TotalitarianismStalinismSoviet UnionPurgesPolitical RepressionGulagCommunismJoseph StalinHuman Rights Violations
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

🇷🇺 Gorbachev Ascends to Soviet Leadership

March 11: Mikhail Gorbachev becomes General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.⟶
Gorbachev Ascends to Soviet Leadership (1985)
Cold WarSoviet UnionCommunismMikhail GorbachevPerestroikaGlasnostPolitical Transition
Soviet UnionSoviet Union