League Against Imperialism opens in Brussels

The Soviet and Afghan governments signed a treaty of neutrality and non-aggression, formalizing relations between neighbors whose frontier and security were shaped by Russian and British imperial...

The conference opened as disputes over economic policy and the party opposition intensified. Its resolutions condemned Trotsky’s platform and backed the leadership’s position on industrialization...

The All-Russian Central Executive Committee adopted a family code that recognized civil marriage, de facto unions and equal legal status for children regardless of parents’ marital status. It...

The census counted the population of the Soviet Union and recorded data including nationality, language, age and literacy. It created an important statistical basis for planning and social policy,...

A new family code, adopted in November 1926 and effective from 1 January 1927, strengthened civil marriage and formal equality between spouses while recognizing de facto marriage and children born...

The congress closed after adopting resolutions against colonial domination and racial hierarchy. It brought anti-colonial activists into contact with socialist organizations and publicized struggles...

The government approved construction of the Turkestan-Siberian railway, designed to connect Central Asia with Siberian grain and industrial centers. The railway promised mobility and economic...

Kuomintang forces under Chiang Kai-shek attacked Communists and labor activists in Shanghai, ending the alliance that had structured the first united front. Soviet and Comintern policy had sought to...

British police raided the Soviet trade delegation and the All-Russian Cooperative Society (ARCOS), alleging that they had been used to obtain military information. The USSR denounced the raid as a...

The British government terminated diplomatic relations after the ARCOS raid and a wider dispute over Soviet activity. The break disrupted trade and increased fears of military isolation in Moscow....