Joseph Stalin Biography and Timeline — Page 12

Capture of Lublin

1st Belorussian front enters Lublin

Role range: 1939-1945 – 1922-1953

Committee of Lublin

The Lublin Committee to set up a communist infrastructure in Poland meets Stalin. The committee subordinate the Poles fighting with the Russians to Russia

Role range: 1939-1945 – 1922-1953

Rebellion of Warsaw

Warsaw rebels against the Germans, Stalin encourages it but does not provide support

Role range: 1922-1953

Rebellion of Warsaw

Warsaw rebels against the Germans, Stalin encourages it but does not provide support

Role range: 1939-1945 – 1922-1953

Conference of Dumbarton Oaks

The US, Britain, Russia and China open the Dumbarton Oaks Conference in Washington, DC, laying the foundation for the establishment of the UN

Role range: 1922-1953

United Nations

The US, Britain, Russia and China open the Dumbarton Oaks Conference in Washington, DC, laying the foundation for the establishment of the UN

Role range: 1922-1953

Peace

Finland asks Russia for peace terms

Role range: 1939-1945 – 1922-1953

Capture of Bucharest

Russian forces enter Bucharest

Role range: 1939-1945 – 1922-1953

Ceasefire

A ceasefire is agreed between the Finns & the Soviet Forces on the Finnish front

Role range: 1939-1945 – 1922-1953

Peace

A ceasefire is agreed between the Finns & the Soviet Forces on the Finnish front

Role range: 1939-1945 – 1922-1953

Declaration of War

Russia declares war on Bulgaria. Bulgaria declares war on Germany then declares an armistice with Russia

Role range: 1939-1945 – 1922-1953

Peace

Bulgaria decides to agree an armistice with Russia & declare war on Germany

Role range: 1939-1945 – 1922-1953

Invasion of Bulgaria

Russia invades Bulgaria

Role range: 1939-1945 – 1922-1953

Curzon Line as Settlement Condition

Stalin tells Mikolajczyk that acceptance of the Curzon Line as the Soviet-Polish boundary is essential before a broader political settlement can proceed.

Role range: 1939-1945 – 1941-1953

Minor Curzon Line Adjustments

Stalin says the Curzon Line must remain the basis of settlement but allows that final demarcation could shift seven or eight kilometres in places.

Role range: 1939-1945 – 1941-1953

Rejects Major Lwow Adjustment

Stalin tells Churchill that final demarcation may allow small local changes but not a major alteration transferring Lwow west of the Curzon-based frontier.

Role range: 1939-1945 – 1941-1953

Invasion of Czech

Soviet troops invade Czechoslovakia during World War II

Role range: 1939-1945 – 1922-1953

Suggests Black Sea Conference Area

Suggests that the next Big Three meeting take place in the Black Sea area.

Role range: 1939-1945

Invasion of Hungary

The Soviet army invades Hungary

Role range: 1939-1945 – 1922-1953

Insists on Soviet Black Sea Site

States that a location on the Soviet Black Sea coast would be the most suitable conference site.

Role range: 1939-1945

Requests Soviet Port City Venue

Again asks that the conference be held in one of the Soviet Union's Black Sea port cities.

Role range: 1939-1945

Exile of Joseph Stalin

Stalin deports 250,000 Tatars from Crimea to Uzbekistan, they do not return home until the fall of the Soviet Union leading supporters, from Kamenev down, were expelled in December 1927 by the XVth Party Congress, which paved the way for mass expulsio

Role range: 1939-1945 – 1922-1953

Rule of Crimea

Stalin deports 250,000 Tatars from Crimea to Uzbekistan, they do not return home until the fall of the Soviet Union

Role range: 1939-1945 – 1922-1953

Siege of Budapest

Advancing Soviet troops surround Budapest

Role range: 1939-1945 – 1922-1953

Opposes Delay on Lublin Recognition

Opposes postponing recognition of the Soviet-backed Lublin Committee until the Big Three conference.

Role range: 1939-1945

Rejects Part of UN Voting Proposal

Rejects part of the American formula for Security Council voting before the Yalta negotiations.

Role range: 1939-1945

Accepts Chiang Kai-sheks China as a big 5 member of the United

Accepts Chiang Kai-sheks China as a "big 5" member of the United Nations Security Council

Role range: 1917-1991 – 1922-1953

Moscow Favors Great Power Authority

Stalin's government favored a prominent security role for the major powers in the proposed world organization.

Soviet Delegation Arrives Dumbarton Oaks

The Soviet Union sent a delegation headed by Andrei Gromyko to the Dumbarton Oaks talks.

Soviets Negotiate Security Council Design

Soviet negotiators helped shape proposals for a Security Council with permanent major power representation.

Soviets Prepare Security Proposals

Stalin's government developed positions for the negotiations that would establish the future United Nations.

Soviets Review Dumbarton Proposals

Stalin's government considered the proposed institutional structure emerging from the Washington talks.

Stalin Government Seeks Republic Representation

The Soviet side pursued separate representation for Soviet republics in the prospective international organization.

Veto Debate Remains Unsettled

Dumbarton Oaks participants did not resolve the Security Council voting formula, a question central to Stalin's interests.

Capture of Tuva

The Soviet Union annexes Tuva and closes the region to the outside world

Role range: 1939-1945 – 1922-1953

Churchill flies to Moscow & discusses postwar Europe with Stalin

Churchill flies to Moscow & discusses postwar Europe with Stalin

Role range: 1939-1945 – 1922-1953

Deportation

Russian security forces deport the entire Ingush nation of 100,000. Russian security forces deport the entire Chechen nation of 400,000. Russian security forces deport 100,000 from the north Caucasus

Role range: 1939-1945 – 1922-1953

Rule of Bulgaria

Stalin suggests to Churchill that Bulgaria should be 75% Russian 25% British-American

Role range: 1939-1945 – 1922-1953

Rule of Romania

Stalin suggests to Churchill that Romania should be 90% Russian 10% British

Role range: 1939-1945 – 1922-1953

Rule of Tuva

The Soviet Union annexes Tuva and closes the region to the outside world

Role range: 1939-1945 – 1922-1953