regional history

history of the soviet union




Timeline of Events
YearMonthDayEvent
1812 Oct 19 Napoleon Bonaparte Retreats From Moscow
1912 Jan 05 The Prague Party Conference Takes Place
1912 Apr 22 Prevda Began Publication In St Petersburg
1917 Oct 23 Lenin Calls For The October Revolution
1919 Feb 14 The Polish–Soviet War Begins
1920 Aug 13 Battle Of Warsaw Lasts Until 8/25 Red Army Defeated
1920 Aug 25 Polish-Soviet War Ends With Red Army's Defeat
1924 Feb 01 The United Kingdom Recognizes The USSR
1925 Jun 16 The Young Pioneer Camp Was In Artek
1927 Aug 19 Sergius Proclaims The Declaration Of Loyalty
1929 Jan 31 The Soviet Union Exiles Leon Trotsky
1931 Mar 11 GTO Introduced In Soviet Union
1931 Aug 28 French And Soviets Sign Non-aggression Treaty
1935 Jun 25 Soviets And Columbians Establish Diplomatic Relations
1935 Dec 28 Postyshev Revives New Year Trees For Soviets
1937 Jun 11 Great Purge: USSR Stalin Executes 8 Military Leaders
1939 Sep 28 Germany And Soviet Union Divide Poland Post WW2
1940 Feb 10 Soviet Union Begins Mass Deportations
1940 Jun 14 Lithuania Loses Independence To Soviet Union
1940 Jun 17 Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania Now Occupied By Soviet Union
1940 Aug 05 Soviet Union Annexes Latvia In World War II
1941 Aug 05 Germany Ends Battle And Captures Soviet Prisoners
1941 Aug 29 Germans Occupy Estonia's Tallinn From Russians
1942 Jun 28 Nazi Germany Started Summer Offensive
1943 May 22 Joseph Stalin Disbands Comintern
1944 Feb 15 The Narva Offensive Begins
1944 Apr 13 New Zealand And Soviet Union Relations Established
1944 May 18 Soviet Union Deports Crimean Tatars
1944 Sep 04 Finland Ends War With Soviet Union
1944 Sep 28 Soviet Army Troops Liberate Klooga Camp
1945 Jan 18 WWII: Red Army Liberates Krakow
1945 Mar 29 WWII: Soviet Red Army Destroy German 4th
1945 Apr 21 Soviets Attack German High Command
1947 Nov 13 Soviet's Complete AK-47 Rifle
1947 Dec 30 Michael Of Romania Abdicated By Soviet Backed Communists
1948 Jun 25 The Berlin Airlift Begins
1949 May 12 The Soviet Union Lifts Its Blockade Of Berlin
1949 Oct 16 Soviet And German Diplomatic Relations Established
1950 Jan 14 Prototype Of MiG-17's Maiden Flight
1953 Jun 26 Lavrentiy Beria, MVD Head, Arrested
1953 Sep 13 Khruschev: New Leader Of Soviet Communist Party
1954 Jun 27 First Soviet Nuclear Plant Opens In Obninsk
1955 Feb 27 Soviet Union Regional Elections, 1955
1955 Sep 16 Soviet Submarine First To Launch Ballistic Missile
1958 Jan 04 Sputnik 1 Falls To Earth From Orbit
1958 May 15 The Soviet Union Launches Sputnik 3
1960 May 15 The Soviet Union Launches Sputnik 4
1961 Jun 16 Rudolf Nureyev Defects From The Soviet Union
1966 Mar 01 Venera 3, Crashes On Venus
1966 Oct 22 The Soviet Union Launches Luna 12
1969 Jan 15 The Soviet Union Launches Soyuz 5
1969 May 16 Soviet Space Probe Lands On Venus
1969 Nov 15 Soviet, American Submarines Collide In Barents Sea
1971 Apr 19 Launch Of Salyut 1, The First Space Station
1971 Jun 06 Soyuz 11 Is Launched
1973 Jan 08 Soviet Space Mission Luna 21 Is Launched
1973 Jul 25 Soviet Mars 5 Space Probe Is Launched
1974 Jun 09 Portugal And USSR Establish Diplomatic Relations
1974 Jun 27 President Nixon Visits The Soviet Union
1974 Jun 29 Baryshnikov Defects To CA While On Tour
1978 Feb 20 Brezhnev Receives The Last Order Of Victory
1978 Apr 20 Korean Flight Shot By Soviet Union
1979 Jun 18 SALT II Signed By U.S
1979 Dec 27 Soviet Union Invades Republic Of Afghanistan
1986 Mar 04 Soviet Vega 1 Returns Halley's Comet Images
1987 May 15 Soviet Union Polyus Prototype Orbital Weapons Platform Fails
1989 Apr 07 Komsomolets Sinks In Barents Sea
1990 Mar 11 Lithuania Declares Independence From Soviet Union
1990 May 04 Restoration Of Independence The Republic Of Latvia
1991 Jan 13 Soviet Union Attack In Vilnius Injures Many
1991 Jun 19 The Soviet Occupation Of Hungary Ends
1991 Aug 31 Kyrgyzstan Is Now Independant From Russia
1991 Oct 18 Azerbaijan Declares Independence From Soviet Union
1991 Oct 27 The Soviet Union Loses Turkmenistan To Independence
1991 Dec 01 Independence Reference Overwhelming Approved By Ukraninans
1995 Jul 05 Armenia Adopts Constitution