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International, 3rd

Russia · Government / Government of Russia. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

5Records
1917–1936Date range
4Named people
1Places

Chronological records

1917

Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov Lenin1917

Government / Government of Russia

The Comintern is founded at the Congress of the 3rd International

1919

Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov Lenin2 March 1919

Moscow · Government / Government of Russia

The 3rd International is founded to propogate the idea of world revolution

Grigory Yevseyevich Zinoviev1919

Government / Government of Russia

The Comintern is founded at the Congress of the 3rd International

1930

Leon Trotsky1930

Government / Government of Russia

The Trotskyists organised themselves into the International Left Opposition, which is intended to be a group of anti-Stalinist dissenters within the 3rd International. Stalins supporters, who dominated the International, would no longer tolerate dissent, all Trotskyists, and those suspected of being influenced by Trotskyism, are expelled

1936

Joseph Stalin1936

Government / Government of Russia

Germany and Japan conclude the so-called Anti-Comintern Pact, ostensibly to protect the world from the 3rd International

Names involved

Grigory Yevseyevich ZinovievJoseph StalinLeon TrotskyVladimir Ilyich Ulyanov Lenin

Provenance

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