Congress of Communist Party, 22nd
Proposes a 20 year plan to usher in a communist society
Role range: 1917-1991 – 1953-1964
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Nikita Sergeyevich Khrushchev Biography and Timeline — Page 7
Follow Nikita Sergeyevich Khrushchev through 329 dated historical records for Russia.
Nikita Sergeyevich Khrushchev, historical timeline
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1961
Twenty-Second Party Congress Opens
Opens the Twenty-Second Party Congress and renews public criticism of Stalin-era repression.
Role range: 1953-1964
Twenty-Year Communist Programme
Presents a new party programme promising to build the material foundations of communism within twenty years.
Role range: 1917-1991 – 1953-1964
Tsar Bomba Test
The Soviet Union detonates the Tsar Bomba, the most powerful nuclear device ever tested.
Role range: 1958-1964
Tsar Bomba Test
The Soviet Union detonates Tsar Bomba, the most powerful nuclear explosive ever tested.
Role range: 1953-1964
Burial
Stalins body is removed from the Kremlin
Role range: 1917-1991 – 1953-1964
New CPSU Programme Adopted
The Twenty-Second Party Congress adopts a new Communist Party programme replacing the 1919 programme.
Role range: 1917-1991 – 1953-1964
Stalin Removed from Lenin Mausoleum
Stalin's body is removed from Lenin's Mausoleum following renewed condemnation at the Twenty-Second Party Congress.
Role range: 1917-1991 – 1953-1964
Congress of Communist Party, 22nd
Congress votes to remove Stalins body from the mausoleum on Red Sqr
Role range: 1917-1991 – 1953-1964
Stalingrad Renamed Volgograd
Stalingrad is renamed Volgograd as de-Stalinization reshapes Soviet public symbols.
Role range: 1953-1964
McCloy-Zorin Accords
The United Nations General Assembly adopts the McCloy-Zorin Accords
Role range: 1953-1964
UN Endorsement of McCloy-Zorin Principles
The United Nations endorses agreed United States-Soviet principles for future general and complete disarmament negotiations.
Role range: 1953-1964
United Nations
The United Nations General Assembly adopts the McCloy-Zorin Accords
Role range: 1953-1964
Comecon Socialist Division of Labour
Comecon adopts principles for closer coordination and specialization among member economies.
Role range: 1917-1991 – 1953-1964
Comecon
A Comecon council session approved the Basic Principles of the International Socialist Division of Labour, which talked of closer coordination of plans and of "concentrating production of similar products in one or several socialist countries"
Role range: 1917-1991 – 1953-1964
Economy of Russia
A Comecon council session approved the Basic Principles of the International Socialist Division of Labour, which talked of closer coordination of plans and of "concentrating production of similar products in one or several socialist countries"
Role range: 1917-1991 – 1953-1964
International Socialism
A Comecon council session approved the Basic Principles of the International Socialist Division of Labour, which talked of closer coordination of plans and of "concentrating production of similar products in one or several socialist countries"
Role range: 1917-1991 – 1953-1964
Berlin Refugee Crisis
The continuing flight from East Germany through Berlin intensifies pressure for a Soviet-backed border closure.
Role range: 1917-1991 – 1953-1964
Crisis
Overall operations for the construction of the Berlin Wall are directed by Marshal Ivan Konev, commander in chief of the GSFG. East German President Walter Ulbricht persuaded the Soviets that an immediate solution was necessary & that the only way to stop the exodus was to use force
Role range: 1917-1991 – 1953-1964
Crisis
Refugees from east Berlin to west Berlin creates a shortage of labour & skills
Role range: 1917-1991 – 1953-1964
Declaration of War
Announces he intends to support "wars of national liberation"
Role range: 1917-1991 – 1953-1964
Diplomatic Expulsion
Albania is expelled from the Comecon
Role range: 1917-1991 – 1953-1964
Support for National Liberation Movements
Declares Soviet political support for anti-colonial and national liberation movements while advocating avoidance of direct superpower war.
Role range: 1917-1991 – 1953-1964
Warsaw Pact Organisation
Albania leaves the Warsaw Pact Organisation
Role range: 1917-1991 – 1953-1964
1st Man in Space
1st manned space flight
Role range: 1917-1991 – 1953-1964
1962
Cuban Missile Crisis
Khrushchev discussed placing Soviet nuclear missiles in Cuba as a means of strengthening the island's defense and Soviet strategic leverage.
Role range: 1917-1991 – 1953-1964
Operation Anadyr Approved
Approves the secret plan to deploy Soviet missiles, bombers and troops to Cuba.
Role range: 1958-1964
Novocherkassk Unrest
Workers protest food-price rises and wage pressures in Novocherkassk, leading to a violent state crackdown.
Role range: 1917-1991 – 1953-1964
Rebellion of Rebels in Novocherkassk
Public disorder in Novocherkassk
Role range: 1917-1991 – 1953-1964
Cuban Missile Deployment Agreement
Finalizes arrangements with Cuban leaders for the secret deployment of Soviet strategic weapons.
Role range: 1958-1964
Kennedy Quarantine Response
Rejects the American naval quarantine of Cuba and warns Kennedy against escalating the crisis.
Role range: 1958-1964
Cuban Crisis Letter of October 24
Tells Kennedy that the American quarantine is unlawful and insists Soviet-Cuban relations concern sovereign states.
Role range: 1958-1964
Cuban Missile Crisis
Khrushchev rejected the legality of the American quarantine but ordered Soviet shipping movements handled cautiously as the confrontation intensified.
Role range: 1917-1991 – 1953-1964
Cuban Missile Crisis
Khrushchev exchanged messages with Kennedy as both governments searched for a way to prevent the naval confrontation from escalating.
Role range: 1917-1991 – 1953-1964
Cuban Missile Crisis
Khruschev sends a letter to Kennedy suggesting that the sites would be dismantled if the United States gave its reassurance that it would not invade Cuba.
Role range: 1917-1991 – 1953-1964
Cuban Missile Crisis
Khrushchev sent Kennedy a lengthy private message proposing missile withdrawal in return for a pledge that Cuba would not be invaded.
Role range: 1917-1991 – 1953-1964
First Cuban Missile Crisis Settlement Letter
Offers to remove Soviet missiles from Cuba if the United States pledges not to invade the island.
Role range: 1917-1991 – 1953-1964
Cuban Crisis Letter of October 27
Proposes linking missile withdrawal from Cuba to removal of American Jupiter missiles from Turkey.
Role range: 1958-1964
Cuban Missile Crisis
Khrushchev publicly added removal of American Jupiter missiles from Turkey to the terms he sought for resolving the crisis.
Role range: 1917-1991 – 1953-1964
Cuban Crisis Resolution Broadcast
Publicly accepts a settlement based on Soviet missile withdrawal and an American pledge not to invade Cuba.
Role range: 1958-1964
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