Antisemitic campaign continues against Jewish...

Soviet Union returns to United Nations Security Council

1 Ougùstùs 1950

The Soviet Union ended its boycott of the Security Council over the refusal to seat the People’s Republic of China. The boycott had allowed the Council to authorize action in Korea; the return...

Chinese People’s Volunteers enter the Korean War

19 Òktober 1950

Chinese forces crossed into Korea as United Nations and South Korean troops advanced north. Soviet military aid and Chinese intervention transformed the conflict into a regional war, while Korean...

Fourth Five-Year Plan period closes with uneven recovery

31 Desèmber 1950

The official plan period closed after rebuilding key industrial output, but living standards and housing remained strained. The burden of reconstruction fell unevenly across republics and social...

Operation North deports Jehovah’s Witnesses

1 April 1951

Soviet authorities deported Jehovah’s Witnesses from several republics, including the Baltic states, western Ukraine, and Moldavia, to Siberia. The state treated a transnational religious community as...

Mingrelian Affair campaign targets Georgian party officials

9 Novèmber 1951

A purge in the Georgian SSR accused officials from Mingrelia of nationalism and corruption. The campaign removed local leaders and reinforced Moscow’s control, showing how claims of national...

👉 Antisemitic campaign continues against Jewish cultural life Aktual

1 Febrüari 1952

Official campaigns and arrests continued to target Jewish writers, artists, and institutions after the wartime Jewish Anti-Fascist Committee was dismantled. The campaign helped create the climate in...

Jewish Anti-Fascist Committee defendants executed

12 Ougùstùs 1952

Thirteen Jewish writers and public figures were executed after a secret trial, following years of imprisonment and interrogation. Their deaths marked a major act of state antisemitism and erased a...

Nineteenth Communist Party Congress opens

5 Òktober 1952

The first party congress since 1939 adopted a new party name and approved changes to leadership structures. Its sessions showcased Stalin’s authority while revealing succession uncertainty and the...

Pravda announces the Doctors’ Plot

13 Yanüari 1953

The state newspaper accused a group of mostly Jewish doctors of conspiring to kill Soviet leaders. The announcement intensified antisemitic fear and raised concern about a wider purge; the accusations...

Joseph Stalin dies

5 Mart 1953

Stalin’s death ended nearly three decades of personal rule and triggered a leadership struggle. His rule had combined industrial transformation and victory in war with mass repression, deportations,...

Post-Stalin amnesty releases many prisoners

27 Mart 1953

The Presidium issued a broad amnesty that released many people serving shorter sentences and certain vulnerable groups. Most political prisoners were excluded, so the measure brought limited relief...

Antisemitic campaign continues against Jewish cultural life

Personanan den e suseso aki

Jewish writers

critics

and artists

Organisashonnan den e Evento aki

Pravda

Communist Party

MGB

Eventonan Relashoná