| 24 December 1989 |
Sovjet-Unie
|
Stalin
|
The Soviet Congress condemns the secret protocols of the Nazi-Soviet pact
|
| 9 Januari 1957 |
Sovjet-Unie
|
Stalin
|
The Soviet state restores the Chechen-Ingush Autonomous Republic
|
| 25 Februari 1956 |
Onbekend
|
Stalin
|
Khrushchev denounces Stalin’s rule in a closed Party speech
|
| 26 Juni 1953 |
Sovjet-Unie
|
Stalin
|
Lavrentiy Beria is arrested in the post-Stalin power struggle
|
| 27 Maart 1953 |
Sovjet-Unie
|
Stalin
|
The Soviet leadership announces a broad amnesty after Stalin’s death
|
| 5 Maart 1953 |
Sovjet-Unie
|
Stalin
|
Stalin dies in Moscow
|
| 13 Januari 1953 |
Sovjet-Unie
|
Stalin
|
Soviet media announce the “Doctors’ Plot” arrests
|
| 5 Oktober 1952 |
Sovjet-Unie
|
Stalin
|
The Nineteenth Party Congress opens after a long gap
|
| 25 Juni 1950 |
Onbekend
|
Stalin
|
The Korean War begins as Stalin backs North Korea’s military plan
|
| 14 Februari 1950 |
China,
Sovjet-Unie
|
Stalin
|
China and the Soviet Union sign a treaty of alliance
|
| 16 December 1949 |
China,
Sovjet-Unie
|
Stalin
|
Stalin meets Mao Zedong in Moscow
|
| 29 Augustus 1949 |
Sovjet-Unie
|
Stalin
|
The Soviet Union conducts its first atomic test
|
| 25 Januari 1949 |
Sovjet-Unie
|
Stalin
|
The Council for Mutual Economic Assistance is established
|
| 7 Augustus 1948 |
Sovjet-Unie
|
Stalin
|
Lysenko’s position wins state-backed dominance over Soviet genetics
|
| 28 Juni 1948 |
Onbekend
|
Stalin
|
The Cominform condemns Yugoslavia’s independent course
|
| 10 Februari 1948 |
Sovjet-Unie
|
Stalin
|
The Communist Party condemns composers and restricts musical life
|
| 5 Oktober 1947 |
Onbekend
|
Stalin
|
The Cominform is established under Soviet leadership
|
| 22 September 1947 |
Sovjet-Unie
|
Stalin
|
The Cominform’s founding conference opens
|
| 2 Juli 1947 |
Europe,
Sovjet-Unie
|
Stalin
|
Molotov rejects participation in the Marshall Plan process
|
| 14 Augustus 1946 |
Sovjet-Unie
|
Stalin
|
The Party imposes a campaign against the journals Zvezda and Leningrad
|
| 9 Februari 1946 |
Sovjet-Unie
|
Stalin
|
Stalin links domestic development to the threat of future war
|
| 2 September 1945 |
Japan
|
Stalin
|
Japan signs the instrument of surrender
|
| 9 Augustus 1945 |
Onbekend
|
Stalin
|
Soviet forces launch the Manchurian Strategic Offensive
|
| 8 Augustus 1945 |
Japan,
Sovjet-Unie
|
Stalin
|
The Soviet Union declares war on Japan
|
| 17 Juli 1945 |
Sovjet-Unie,
Verenigde Staten,
Verenigd Koninkrijk
|
Stalin
|
The Potsdam Conference opens
|
| 24 Juni 1945 |
Sovjet-Unie
|
Stalin
|
Moscow stages a Victory Parade after Germany’s defeat
|
| 25 April 1945 |
Duitsland
|
Stalin
|
Soviet and U.S. troops meet at the Elbe River
|
| 4 Februari 1945 |
Sovjet-Unie,
Verenigde Staten,
Verenigd Koninkrijk
|
Stalin
|
The Yalta Conference begins
|
| 15 November 1944 |
Sovjet-Unie
|
Stalin
|
The Soviet state begins deporting Meskhetian Turks
|
| 18 Mei 1944 |
Onbekend
|
Stalin
|
The deportation of Crimean Tatars begins
|
| 8 Maart 1944 |
Sovjet-Unie
|
Stalin
|
The Soviet state begins deporting the Balkar people
|
| 23 Februari 1944 |
Onbekend
|
Stalin
|
The Soviet state deports the Chechen and Ingush peoples
|
| 27 December 1943 |
Sovjet-Unie
|
Stalin
|
The Soviet government orders the deportation of Kalmyks
|
| 28 November 1943 |
Sovjet-Unie,
Verenigde Staten,
Verenigd Koninkrijk
|
Stalin
|
The Tehran Conference opens
|
| 2 November 1943 |
Sovjet-Unie
|
Stalin
|
NKVD units begin deporting Karachays
|
| 12 Oktober 1943 |
Sovjet-Unie
|
Stalin
|
The Soviet state orders the deportation of the Karachay people
|
| 12 Juli 1943 |
Sovjet-Unie
|
Stalin
|
The Battle of Kursk reaches its largest armored clash
|
| 15 Mei 1943 |
Sovjet-Unie
|
Stalin
|
The Communist International votes to dissolve
|
| 19 November 1942 |
Sovjet-Unie
|
Stalin
|
The Red Army begins Operation Uranus at Stalingrad
|
| 28 Juli 1942 |
Onbekend
|
Stalin
|
Stalin issues Order No. 227, “Not a Step Back!”
|
| 26 Mei 1942 |
Sovjet-Unie,
Verenigd Koninkrijk
|
Stalin
|
The Soviet Union and Britain sign an alliance treaty
|
| 5 December 1941 |
Sovjet-Unie
|
Stalin
|
The Red Army launches a counteroffensive outside Moscow
|
| 19 Oktober 1941 |
Sovjet-Unie
|
Stalin
|
Stalin declares a state of siege in Moscow
|
| 15 Oktober 1941 |
Sovjet-Unie
|
Stalin
|
The Soviet government orders an evacuation from Moscow
|
| 8 September 1941 |
Sovjet-Unie
|
Stalin
|
German forces complete the encirclement of Leningrad
|
| 28 Augustus 1941 |
Onbekend
|
Stalin
|
The Soviet state orders the mass deportation of ethnic Germans
|
| 16 Juli 1941 |
Sovjet-Unie
|
Stalin
|
The State Defense Committee organizes the evacuation of industry
|
| 30 Juni 1941 |
Sovjet-Unie
|
Stalin
|
Stalin becomes chair of the State Defense Committee
|
| 22 Juni 1941 |
Sovjet-Unie
|
Stalin
|
Nazi Germany invades the Soviet Union
|
| 20 Augustus 1940 |
Onbekend
|
Stalin
|
Leon Trotsky is attacked in Mexico City
|
| 3 Augustus 1940 |
Litouwen,
Sovjet-Unie
|
Stalin
|
Lithuania is incorporated into the Soviet Union
|
| 14 Juli 1940 |
Estland,
Letland,
Litouwen
|
Stalin
|
Controlled elections take place in the Baltic states under Soviet occupation
|
| 14 Juni 1940 |
Litouwen,
Sovjet-Unie
|
Stalin
|
The Soviet Union issues an ultimatum to Lithuania
|
| 12 Maart 1940 |
Finland,
Sovjet-Unie
|
Stalin
|
Finland and the Soviet Union sign the Moscow Peace Treaty
|
| 5 Maart 1940 |
Onbekend
|
Stalin
|
Stalin approves the execution of Polish prisoners
|
| 30 November 1939 |
Finland,
Sovjet-Unie
|
Stalin
|
The Soviet Union invades Finland, beginning the Winter War
|
| 17 September 1939 |
Sovjet-Unie
|
Stalin
|
The Red Army enters eastern Poland
|
| 23 Augustus 1939 |
Sovjet-Unie
|
Stalin
|
Germany and the Soviet Union sign the Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact
|
| 10 Maart 1939 |
Sovjet-Unie
|
Stalin
|
The Eighteenth Party Congress meets as the purges recede
|
| 17 November 1938 |
Onbekend
|
Stalin
|
The Soviet leadership halts mass arrest operations
|
| 13 Maart 1938 |
Sovjet-Unie
|
Stalin
|
The third Moscow trial concludes
|
| 11 Augustus 1937 |
Onbekend
|
Stalin
|
The NKVD begins its Polish national operation
|
| 30 Juli 1937 |
Sovjet-Unie
|
Stalin
|
NKVD Order 00447 launches a mass operation
|
| 11 Juni 1937 |
Sovjet-Unie
|
Stalin
|
A military tribunal sentences senior Red Army commanders
|
| 5 December 1936 |
Sovjet-Unie
|
Stalin
|
The Soviet Constitution proclaims extensive civil and political rights
|
| 19 Augustus 1936 |
Sovjet-Unie
|
Stalin
|
The first Moscow show trial begins
|
| 27 Juni 1936 |
Sovjet-Unie
|
Stalin
|
The Soviet government bans most abortions
|
| 1 December 1934 |
Onbekend
|
Stalin
|
Sergei Kirov is murdered and Stalin expands political repression
|
| 26 Januari 1934 |
Sovjet-Unie
|
Stalin
|
The Seventeenth Party Congress opens as Stalin’s power consolidates
|
| 22 Januari 1933 |
Sovjet-Unie
|
Stalin
|
Authorities restrict peasants’ movement during famine
|
| 7 Augustus 1932 |
Sovjet-Unie
|
Stalin
|
The Soviet government adopts a harsh law on socialist property
|
| 2 Maart 1930 |
Onbekend
|
Stalin
|
Stalin publishes “Dizzy with Success”
|
| 5 Januari 1930 |
Onbekend
|
Stalin
|
The Party orders accelerated collectivization and dekulakization
|
| 27 December 1929 |
Sovjet-Unie
|
Stalin
|
Stalin calls for the “liquidation of the kulaks as a class”
|
| 1 Oktober 1928 |
Sovjet-Unie
|
Stalin
|
The First Five-Year Plan begins
|
| 2 December 1927 |
Sovjet-Unie
|
Stalin
|
The Fifteenth Party Congress opens amid the defeat of the Left Opposition
|
| 14 November 1927 |
Onbekend
|
Stalin
|
Trotsky and Zinoviev are expelled from the Party
|
| 18 December 1925 |
Onbekend
|
Stalin
|
The Fourteenth Party Congress endorses “socialism in one country”
|
| 22 Mei 1924 |
Sovjet-Unie
|
Stalin
|
Lenin’s testament is read to senior party leaders
|
| 21 Januari 1924 |
Onbekend
|
Stalin
|
Lenin dies, opening a succession struggle
|
| 4 Januari 1923 |
Sovjet-Unie
|
Stalin
|
Lenin adds a warning about Stalin to his political testament
|
| 30 December 1922 |
Sovjet-Unie
|
Stalin
|
Lenin dictates “On the Question of Nationalities or Autonomization”
|
| 30 December 1922 |
Sovjet-Unie
|
Stalin
|
The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics is established
|
| 5 Oktober 1922 |
Georgië,
Sovjet-Unie
|
Stalin
|
The Georgian affair exposes the conflict over Soviet federalism
|
| 3 April 1922 |
Onbekend
|
Stalin
|
Stalin is appointed General Secretary
|
| 25 Februari 1921 |
Onbekend
|
Stalin
|
The Red Army enters Tbilisi and Soviet power is imposed in Georgia
|
| 25 Mei 1919 |
Onbekend
|
Stalin
|
Stalin is assigned to the Southern Front during the Civil War
|
| 3 Maart 1918 |
Onbekend
|
Stalin
|
The Soviet government signs the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk
|
| 8 November 1917 |
Onbekend
|
Stalin
|
Stalin becomes People’s Commissar for Nationalities
|
| 7 November 1917 |
Onbekend
|
Stalin
|
The Bolsheviks take power in Petrograd
|
| 25 Maart 1917 |
Russische Keizerrijk
|
Stalin
|
Stalin returns to Petrograd after the February Revolution
|
| 23 Februari 1913 |
Russische Keizerrijk
|
Stalin
|
Stalin is arrested and sent into Siberian exile
|
| 5 Mei 1912 |
Onbekend
|
Stalin
|
The first issue of Pravda appears
|
| 30 Januari 1912 |
Onbekend
|
Stalin
|
Stalin joins the Bolshevik Central Committee
|
| 26 Juni 1907 |
Russische Keizerrijk
|
Stalin
|
A Bolshevik raid robs the Tiflis bank carriage
|
| 5 April 1902 |
Russische Keizerrijk
|
Stalin
|
Tsarist authorities arrest Stalin in Batumi
|
| 29 Mei 1899 |
Russische Keizerrijk
|
Stalin
|
The seminary dismisses Dzhugashvili
|
| 1 September 1894 |
Russische Keizerrijk
|
Stalin
|
He enrolls at the Tiflis Orthodox Seminary
|
| 1 September 1888 |
Russische Keizerrijk
|
Stalin
|
Dzhugashvili enters Gori church school
|
| 18 December 1878 |
Russische Keizerrijk
|
Stalin
|
Stalin is born in Gori, Georgia
|