On the 30th December 1922, the USSR – the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics – was founded.
3rd September 1783: Treaty of Paris ends the American Revolutionary War
3rd September 2017
On the 26th December 1991, the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union met for the last time to formally dissolve itself and the Soviet Union.
On the 20th December 1917, the Russian Bolshevik secret police known as the Cheka was established.
On the 18th December 1892, Russian composer Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky’s ballet The Nutcracker received its première performance at the Mariinsky Theatre in St. Petersburg.
On the 6th December 1956, the “Blood in the Water” water polo match took place between the USSR and Hungary.
The Russian Social Democratic Labour Party split into the Bolshevik and Menshevik factions.
The Great Stand on the Ugra River marked the start of the decline of the Great Horde.
On the 1st October 1928, the Soviet Union introduced Joseph Stalin’s first five-year plan.
The Siege of Leningrad, one of the longest and most destructive sieges in history, began.
On the 5th September 1698, Tsar Peter I of Russia – otherwise known as Peter the Great – imposed a tax on beards.
19th January 1915: Zeppelins bomb Great Yarmouth and Kings Lynn
19th January 2019
18th January 1919: The Paris Peace Conference begins
18th January 2019
17th January 1991: Gulf War combat begins with Operation Desert Storm
17th January 2019
11th November 1918: WW1 Armistice of Compiègne is signed
11th November 2018
9th November 1989: East Germany opens the Berlin Wall
9th November 2017