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Joseph Stalin Biography and Timeline — Page 4

Follow Joseph Stalin through 675 dated historical records for Russia.

Joseph Stalin, historical timeline

A chronological timeline drawn from matching World History Database records.

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1929–1934Years on this page

1929

Purge

General Secretary of CPSU · Government / Government of Russia

Expels TU leader Tomsky for opposition to industrialization & collectivization. Expels the "right opposition" ftom the CP. Expels Rykov from the CP for opposition to industrialization & collectivization. Expels Bukharin from the CP for opposition to industrialization & collectivization

Role range: 1917-1991 – 1922-1953

Treaty of East European

General Secretary of CPSU · Government / Government of Russia

Forestalls a possible formation of an anti-Soviet front by the Kellogg Pact states

Role range: 1917-1991 – 1922-1953

Writers Union

General Secretary of CPSU · Government / Government of Russia

Founds a conformist Writers Union

Role range: 1917-1991 – 1922-1953

1930

Collectivization-Farms

General Secretary of CPSU · Government / Government of Russia

Collectivizes all farms in Russia

Role range: 1917-1991 – 1922-1953

Economy of Russia

General Secretary of CPSU · Government / Government of Russia

Collectivizes all farms in Russia

Role range: 1917-1991 – 1922-1953

Economy of Russia

General Secretary of CPSU · Government / Government of Russia

Publishes letter in "Pravda", "Dizzy with Success"

Role range: 1917-1991 – 1922-1953

Pravda

General Secretary of CPSU · Government / Government of Russia

Publishes letter in "Pravda", "Dizzy with Success"

Role range: 1917-1991 – 1922-1953

Purge

General Secretary of CPSU · Moscow · Government / Government of Russia

Announces his murderous purges are "purifying the Soviet Union"

Role range: 1917-1991 – 1922-1953

Strike

General Secretary of CPSU · Odessa · Government / Government of Russia

Russian troops kill 200 strikers in Odessa

Role range: 1917-1991 – 1922-1953

Dismissal

General Secretary of CPSU · Government / Government of Russia

Rykov is dismissed by Stalin for opposing his policies

Role range: 1917-1991 – 1924-1930

Gosplan

General Secretary of CPSU · Government / Government of Russia

The Statistical Directorate is merged into Gosplan

Role range: 1917-1991 – 1922-1953

1931

Gosplan

General Secretary of CPSU · Government / Government of Russia

Gosplan is subordinated to the Sovnarkom

Role range: 1917-1991 – 1922-1953

Famine

General Secretary of CPSU · Government / Government of Russia

As a result of collectivization there is widespread harvest failure

Role range: 1917-1991 – 1922-1953

Menshevik Party

General Secretary of CPSU · Government / Government of Russia

A number of ex-Mensheviks are charged with planning a counter-revolution

Role range: 1917-1991 – 1922-1953

Purge

General Secretary of CPSU · Government / Government of Russia

A number of ex-Mensheviks are charged with planning a counter-revolution. 14 professors are charged with conspiracy

Role range: 1917-1991 – 1922-1953

Reinstatement

General Secretary of CPSU · Government / Government of Russia

Rykov is reinstated after publicly recanting his opposition to Stalin

Role range: 1917-1991 – 1922-1953

1932

Famine

General Secretary of CPSU · Government / Government of Russia

Famine in the Ukraine

Role range: 1917-1991 – 1922-1953

Ryutin Affair

General Secretary of CPSU · Government / Government of Russia

The Ryutin Affair is one of the last attempts to oppose the Soviet leader Joseph Stalin within the Soviet Communist Party. Ryutin gathered around him a group of like-minded friends who called themselves "The Union of Marxist-Leninists" and they began to distribute "Appeal" to workers and to members of the opposition in the summer and early fall of 1932

Role range: 1917-1991 – 1922-1953

1933

Second Five Year Plan

General Secretary of CPSU · Moscow · Government / Government of Russia

Stalin launches the Second Five-Year Plan, emphasizing heavy industry, transport, steel, coal and continued central planning.

Role range: 1917-1991 – 1922-1953

Five Year Plan

General Secretary of CPSU · Government / Government of Russia

The goal of the Second Five-Year Plan (1933-1937) is the reconstruction of the entire Soviet economy and the creation of a new technical base. Stalin delivers a report on "Results of the First Five-Year Plan" at the joint plenum of the CC and CCC CPSU

Role range: 1917-1991 – 1922-1953

Five Year Plan

General Secretary of CPSU · Government / Government of Russia

The goal of the Second Five-Year Plan was the construction of twenty five to thirty thousand kilometres of new railway lines and 22 million tons of pig iron would be smelted by the end of the plan.

Role range: 1917-1991 – 1922-1953

Five Year Plan

General Secretary of CPSU · Government / Government of Russia

The goal of the Second Five-Year Plan was to increase machine production from 3 to 3.5 times, the mining of coal was increased from 90 million tons to 250 million.

Role range: 1917-1991 – 1922-1953

Five Year Plan

General Secretary of CPSU · Government / Government of Russia

The plan also projected an increase for consumer goods from 22.2 billion rubles in 1932 to 47.2 billion in 1937, the plan was only able to fulfill 85.4 percent of this target.

Role range: 1917-1991 – 1922-1953

Government Report

General Secretary of CPSU · Government / Government of Russia

Stalin delivers a report on "Results of the First Five-Year Plan" at the joint plenum of the CC and CCC CPSU

Role range: 1917-1991 – 1922-1953

Death of Joseph Stalin

General Secretary of CPSU · Government / Government of Russia

Stalin attends the memorial meeting at the Bolshoi Theatre to commemorate the ninth anniversary of the death of Lenin

Role range: 1917-1991 – 1922-1953

Baltic Canal

General Secretary of CPSU · Government / Government of Russia

Construction of the Baltic-White Sea Canal is completed

Role range: 1917-1991 – 1922-1953

Metro

General Secretary of CPSU · Moscow · Government / Government of Russia

The Moscow metro is completed

Role range: 1917-1991 – 1922-1953

Neutrality

General Secretary of CPSU · Government / Government of Russia

Russia & Germany renew the 1926 Treaty of Neutrality & Non-Aggression

Role range: 1917-1991 – 1922-1953

Treaty of Neutrality

General Secretary of CPSU · Government / Government of Russia

Russia & Germany renew the 1926 Treaty of Neutrality & Non-Aggression

Role range: 1917-1991 – 1922-1953

League of Nations

General Secretary of CPSU · Warfare / League of Nations

Russia joins the League of Nations

Role range: 1922-1953

Burial

General Secretary of CPSU · Government / Government of Russia

Stalin attends the funeral of Klara Zetkin in the Red Square in Moscow

Role range: 1917-1991 – 1922-1953

Recognition of the USSR

General Secretary of CPSU · Moscow · Government / Government of Russia

The USSR is recognized by the USA, to counteract Japans rise in the Far East

Role range: 1917-1991 – 1922-1953

Industrial Output

General Secretary of CPSU · Moscow · Economy / Industrialization

The Soviet state prioritises heavy industrial expansion while consumer-goods targets lag behind official plans.

Role range: 1917-1991 – 1922-1953

At the Metro-Vickers trial British technologists in Russia are charged with espionage

General Secretary of CPSU · Government / Government of Russia

At the Metro-Vickers trial British technologists in Russia are charged with espionage

Role range: 1917-1991 – 1922-1953

Economy of Russia

General Secretary of CPSU · Government / Government of Russia

The goal of the Second Five-Year Plan (1933-1937) is the reconstruction of the entire Soviet economy and the creation of a new technical base

Role range: 1917-1991 – 1922-1953

Trial

General Secretary of CPSU · Government / Government of Russia

At the Metro-Vickers trial British technologists in Russia are charged with espionage

Role range: 1917-1991 – 1922-1953

1934

Trade Treaty

General Secretary of CPSU · Government / Government of Russia

Trade Treaty signed between Britain & Russia

Role range: 1917-1991 – 1922-1953

Treaty of Trade

General Secretary of CPSU · Government / Government of Russia

Trade Treaty signed between Britain & Russia

Role range: 1917-1991 – 1922-1953

League of Nations

General Secretary of CPSU · Geneva · Warfare / League of Nations

Russia takes its seat on the Council of the League of Nations

Role range: 1922-1953

League of Nations

General Secretary of CPSU · Moscow · Warfare / League of Nations

The USSR is admitted into the League of Nations

Role range: 1922-1953

Records, sources and methodology

These dates and descriptions come from the historical_events database. Exact duplicate records have been collapsed. Names are grouped by the country, Name 2 and Name 1 fields; records with missing Name 2 cannot be reliably assigned to an individual biography. Check the underlying sources before formal citation.