Joseph Stalin Biography and Timeline — Page 16

Comecon

Orders communist-dominated Governments to pull out of the Paris Conference on the European Recovery Programme

Role range: 1917-1991 – 1922-1953

Conference of European Recovery Programme

Orders communist-dominated Governments to pull out of the Paris Conference on the European Recovery Programme

Role range: 1917-1991 – 1922-1953

Berlin Crisis Diplomacy Opened

Western ambassadors seek a negotiated solution with Stalin as access to Berlin becomes an international crisis.

Role range: 1917-1991 – 1922-1953

Blockade of Berlin

British, French & US Ambassadors meet Stalin to find a solution

Role range: 1917-1991 – 1922-1953

Cominform

Cominform was a Soviet-dominated organization of Communist parties founded at a conference of Communist party leaders in Szklarska Poreba, Poland

Role range: 1917-1991 – 1922-1953

International Conference at Szklarska Poreba

Cominform was a Soviet-dominated organization of Communist parties founded at a conference of Communist party leaders in Szklarska Poreba, Poland

Role range: 1917-1991 – 1922-1953

Council of Foreign Minister's

1st day of the council to discuss the future of post-war Germany

Role range: 1917-1991 – 1922-1953

Council of Foreign Minister's

The controlling Council of Germany breaks up after failing to agree the future

Role range: 1917-1991 – 1922-1953

Economy of Russia

The Russian currency is reformed

Role range: 1917-1991 – 1922-1953

Reform of Currency

The Russian currency is reformed

Role range: 1917-1991 – 1922-1953

Cominform

Cominform was initially located in Belgrade (then the capital of the Federative People's Republic of Yugoslavia)

Role range: 1917-1991 – 1922-1953

Comintern

The Cominform is based on the Comintern which was dissolved in 1942, it co-ordinates European Communist Parties

Role range: 1917-1991 – 1922-1953

Moscow Backs Partition Recommendation

The Soviet Union supported the General Assembly proposal to partition Palestine into Jewish and Arab states.

Soviet Diplomacy Addresses Palestine

The Soviet delegation participated in United Nations debate over the future of Palestine.

Capture of Prague

The Czechoslovak Communist Party is ordered to take power in Prague

Coup

The Czechoslovak Communist Party is ordered to take power in Prague

Berlin Emergency Air Supply Tested

Clay orders an early emergency air-supply operation to test whether Berlin can be sustained without unrestricted land access.

Role range: 1917-1991 – 1922-1953

Blockade of Berlin

General Clay orders a "baby airlift" into Berlin of enough supplies for 45 days

Role range: 1917-1991 – 1922-1953

Russia halts 2 US & British trains

Russia halts 2 US & British trains after theiy refuse access to Russian inspectors

Role range: 1917-1991 – 1922-1953

Conference of London

Authorizes the Lander & provisional assemblies to open a constituent assembly

Role range: 1917-1991 – 1922-1953

Constitution of Russia

Authorizes the Lander & provisional assemblies to open a constituent assembly

Role range: 1917-1991 – 1922-1953

Berlin Road Rail and Power Restrictions Intensified

Soviet measures halt road and rail access and restrict power supplies while the Western airlift and counter-blockade expand.

Role range: 1917-1991 – 1922-1953

Blockade of Berlin

The west announces a counter-blockade from west to east. Russian power cuts in west Berlin & a halt of all railway traffic. Russia imposes a blockade on Berlin. Announces the blockade & imposes a total road & rail blockade in & out of Berlin

Role range: 1917-1991 – 1922-1953

Cominform

Yugoslavia is expelled from the Cominform

Role range: 1917-1991 – 1922-1953

Diplomatic Expulsion

Yugoslavia is expelled from the Cominform

Role range: 1917-1991 – 1922-1953

Purge

Lenigrad is purged

Role range: 1917-1991 – 1922-1953

Berlin Western Sectors Pressured

The Soviet blockade is intended to force Britain, France and the United States to abandon their positions in Berlin.

Role range: 1917-1991 – 1922-1953

Blockade of Berlin

Trys to push the Allies out of their zones by blockading Berlin, June 1948-Spring 1949

Role range: 1917-1991 – 1922-1953

Cominform

After the expulsion of Yugoslavia from the group the seat is moved to Bucharest, Romania

Role range: 1917-1991 – 1922-1953

DPRK

Russia founds the DPRK in North Korea

Role range: 1917-1991 – 1922-1953

Diplomatic Expulsion at Moscow

Yugoslavia is expelled from the Cominform. The German D-Mark is banned from circulation in the FDR

Role range: 1917-1991 – 1922-1953

Soviet Delegates Address Human Rights

Soviet representatives participated in debates preceding adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, while abstaining on the final vote.

Soviets Debate Berlin Crisis

The Soviet Union faced Security Council deliberations concerning the Berlin blockade under Stalin's leadership.

Comecon

Comecon is established at a Moscow economic conference January 5-January 8, 1949, at which the six founding member countries are represented

Role range: 1917-1991 – 1922-1953

Economy of Russia

Comecon is established at a Moscow economic conference January 5-January 8, 1949, at which the six founding member countries are represented

Role range: 1917-1991 – 1922-1953

Comecon

Comecons foundation is publicly announced

Role range: 1917-1991 – 1922-1953

Berlin Soviet Restrictions Lifted

Soviet authorities end the blockade after the Western powers maintain access through the airlift.

Role range: 1917-1991 – 1922-1953

Blockade of Berlin

The Berlin blockade is lifted after 327 days, both sides claim victory. Calls off the Berlin Blockade after more than a year

Role range: 1917-1991 – 1922-1953

Unification

Russia rejects a western plea for German reunification

Role range: 1917-1991 – 1922-1953

Soviet Atomic Bomb

The Soviet Union tests its first atomic bomb.

Role range: 1924-1953