Tag: Lenin

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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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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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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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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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12th November 1927: Leon Trotsky expelled from the Communist Party of the USSR

• 12th November 2022
• Tagged as: Bolshevik, Communism, Communist, Kamenev, Lenin, Russian Revolution, Stalin, Trotsky, USSR, Zinoviev

Trotsky had been a key figure in the Bolshevik Revolution of 1917.

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30th August 1918: Bolshevik leader Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov, better known as Lenin, survives an assassination attempt

• 30th August 2022
• Tagged as: Assassination, Bolshevik, Communism, Lenin, Revolution, Russia, Russian Revolution

The assassination of Lenin was attempted by Fanya Kaplan, a member of the anti-Bolshevik faction of the Socialist Revolutionary Party.

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20th December 1917: Establishment of the Cheka, the Russian Bolshevik secret police

• 20th December 2021
• Tagged as: Cheka, Communism, Communist, Lenin, Russia, Secret Police, USSR

Established following a decree by Lenin on 19 December, the Cheka’s focus was on defending the revolution by removing internal threats to the communist regime.

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17th November 1903: The Bolshevik-Menshevik split within the Russian Social Democratic Labour Party

• 17th November 2021
• Tagged as: Bolshevik, Communism, Lenin, Marxism, Menshevik, Russia, Russian Revolution

The Russian Social Democratic Labour Party split into the Bolshevik and Menshevik factions.

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7th November 1917: Bolshevik Red Guards take control of the Winter Palace in St Petersburg

• 7th November 2021
• Tagged as: Lenin, Provisional Government, Red Guards, Revolution, Russia, Russian Revolution, St Petersburg, Trotsky

The ‘storming of the Winter Palace’ presents the takeover of the Winter Palace as a huge battle. However, this popular image is a fabrication.

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30th December 1922: Foundation of the USSR

• 30th December 2020
• Tagged as: Bolshevik, Civil War, Cold War, Communism, Lenin, Politics, Russia, Russian Civil War, Stalin, USSR

On the 30^th December 1922, the USSR – the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics – was founded.