1929 ⟶ Trotsky Exiled from the Soviet Union

February: Leon Trotsky is exiled.
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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

✈️ Trotsky Exiled from the Soviet Union

February: Leon Trotsky is exiled.⟶
Trotsky Exiled from the Soviet Union (1929)
Soviet UnionCommunismPolitical PurgesExileLeon TrotskyJoseph StalinRussian RevolutionTotalitarianismCold 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

💀 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

🔪 Leon Trotsky Assassinated in Mexico

August 20: Leon Trotsky is assassinated in Mexico.⟶
Leon Trotsky Assassinated in Mexico (1940)
AssassinationCold WarCommunismSoviet UnionLeon TrotskyPolitical ViolenceStalinismExile
MexicoMexicoSoviet 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