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Tag: Communism

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14th May 1955: The establishment of the Warsaw Pact

  • 14th May 2023
  • Tagged as: Cold War, Comecon, Communism, NATO, Poland, Socialist, USSR, Warsaw, Warsaw Pact, West Germany

The USSR and seven other European countries signed the Treaty of Friendship, Cooperation, and Mutual Assistance better known as the Warsaw Pact.

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5th May 1912: Russian Communist newspaper Pravda first published

  • 5th May 2023
  • Tagged as: Communism, Lenin, Newspaper, Propaganda, Russia, Stalin, Trotsky

Pravda, the official newspaper of what became the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, was first published.

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2nd May 1945: The Battle of Berlin ends with the German surrender to the USSR

  • 2nd May 2023
  • Tagged as: Berlin, Communism, Fascism, Germany, Hitler, Nazi, Second World War, Soviet Union, Stalin, USSR

The Battle of Berlin ended after German General Helmuth Weidling surrendered to Soviet General Vasily Chuikov.

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16th April 1917: Lenin arrives back in Russia in the sealed train after a decade in exile

  • 16th April 2023
  • Tagged as: Bolshevik, Communism, Communist, Exile, Finland, First World War, Germany, Lenin, Nicholas II, Politics, Provisional Government, Revolution, Russian Revolution, Saint Petersburg, Switzerland

Vladimir Lenin arrived in Russia after a decade of self-imposed exile.

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5th April 1951: Julius and Ethel Rosenberg sentenced to death for spying

  • 5th April 2023
  • Tagged as: America, Communism, Espionage, Execution, Spy, USA, USSR

Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were sentenced to death in the United States for conspiracy to commit espionage.

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21st March 1921: The New Economic Policy introduced to the USSR by Vladimir Lenin

  • 21st March 2023
  • Tagged as: Communism, Economics, Lenin, New Economic Policy, Russian Civil War, Soviet Union, USSR

Vladimir Lenin introduced the New Economic Policy at the 10th Communist Party Congress.

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15th January 1919: Rosa Luxemburg and Karl Liebknecht killed by members of the Freikorps after the Spartacist Revolt

  • 15th January 2023
  • Tagged as: Berlin, Communism, Ebert, First World War, Freikorps, Germany, Revolution, Socialism, Spartacist Revolt, Uprising, Wilhelm II

The two German socialists were joint-founders of the Spartacist League and the Communist Party of Germany, and were captured following the Spartacist uprising that began on 4 January.

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7th January 1979: Pol Pot of the Communist Party of Kampuchea (Cambodia) overthrown when Vietnamese forces capture the capital city Phnom Penh

  • 7th January 2023
  • Tagged as: Cambodia, Communism, Khmer Rouge, Pol Pot, Vietnam, Vietnamese War

After the Vietnamese forces captured Phnom Penh on 7 January 1979, Pol Pot’s Khmer Rouge forces fled into the jungle.

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3rd January 1961: United States of America severs its diplomatic relationship with Cuba and closes its embassy in Havana

  • 3rd January 2023
  • Tagged as: America, Castro, Cold War, Communism, Cuba, Embargo, Havana, Sugar, Trade, Trade Embargo, United States, USA, USSR

Fidel Castro’s nationalisation of American-owned businesses and private property led the Eisenhower administration to cut all diplomatic ties with Cuba.

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30th December 1922: Foundation of the USSR (Union of Soviet Socialist Republics)

  • 30th December 2022
  • Tagged as: Bolshevik, Communism, Lenin, Russia, Soviet Union, Stalin, Ukraine, USSR

In 1922 the USSR consisted of just four Soviet republics – the Russian SFSR, Ukrainian SSR, Byelorussian SSR and Transcaucasian SFSR.

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