1872
Meeting of Three Emperors
Meets the emperors of Germany and Austria, helping prepare the diplomatic cooperation later called the Three Emperors' League.
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Meets the emperors of Germany and Austria, helping prepare the diplomatic cooperation later called the Three Emperors' League.
Accepts a revised Balkan settlement after the European powers reduce many Russian gains from San Stefano.
Negotiates directly with Salisbury to narrow British and Russian differences over the San Stefano settlement.
Serves as a Russian plenipotentiary at the Congress of Berlin.
Leads the Russian delegation seeking to preserve as much as possible of the San Stefano settlement.
Signs the supplementary agreement with Salisbury on the commission that will delimit the Alashkerd frontier.
Defends Russian territorial gains in the Caucasus while accepting the return of Bayazid and Alashkerd to Turkey.
Secures recognition of Russian possession of Batum under the Asian territorial settlement.
Accepts a treaty declaration that Batum is intended to become an essentially commercial free port.
Receives southern Bessarabia from Romania under the territorial provisions of the Treaty of Berlin.
Helps prevent an Anglo-Russian confrontation by converting earlier bilateral compromises into the congress settlement.
Helps negotiate Russian acceptance of a smaller Bulgaria north of the Balkan Mountains.
Accepts the reduction of the large Bulgaria established at San Stefano in return for international recognition of other Russian gains.
Retains Kars, Ardahan and Batum as major Russian gains from the war with the Ottoman Empire.
Secures international recognition of Russian possession of Kars and Ardahan in the Caucasus.
Accepts a much smaller Bulgarian principality than Russia had obtained under the Treaty of San Stefano.
Accepts restoration of Bayazid and the Alashkerd valley to the Ottoman Empire.
Accepts the settlement restoring southern Bessarabia from Romania to Russia.
Signs the Treaty of Berlin for the Russian Empire.
Adds his seal to the final settlement as a Russian plenipotentiary based at the German imperial court.
Signs the final Berlin settlement as one of Russia's three plenipotentiaries.
Concludes a commercial treaty with Germany favourable to Russian interests.
Criticises Bolshevik suppression from exile.
Berlin Treaty of friendship & neutrality between Germany & Russia
Berlin Treaty of friendship & neutrality between Germany & Russia
Berlin Treaty of friendship & neutrality between Germany & Russia
Fails to persuade Schacht to expand commercial relations between Russia & Germany
Fails to persuade Schacht to expand commercial relations between Russia & Germany
Molotov has discussions with the German High Command
Commands the Russian forces which capture Berlin
Schulenberg delivers Germany's declaration of war to Molotov
Takes part in the battle for Berlin
1st of the Russian commanders to lead his troops into Berlin
The Red Army begins the Vistula-Oder offensive across the Narew River and, from Warsaw, a three-day operation on a broad front which incorporated four army Fronts
The Red Army begins the Vistula-Oder offensive across the Narew River and, from Warsaw, a three-day operation on a broad front which incorporated four army Fronts
Starting on 16 January 1945, the Red Army breached through the German front as a result of the Vistula-Oder Offensive and rapidly advanced westward as fast as 30-40 kilometres a day
Starting on 16 January 1945, the Red Army breached through the German front as a result of the Vistula-Oder Offensive and rapidly advanced westward as fast as 30-40 kilometres a day
The 1st Belorussian Front led by Marshal Georgy Zhukov starts shelling Berlins city centre
Marshal Ivan Konevs 1st Ukrainian Front had pushed in the north through the last formations of Army Group Centre
Russian troops reach the suburbs of Berlin
1st day of the Battle of Berlin with 1,000,000 plus Russians against 60,000 Germans
The US & Russian troops meet at the River Elbe
300,000 Russian soldiers are killed
The Soviet 3rd Shock Army crossed the Moltke bridge and started to fan out into the surrounding streets and buildings
The Soviets rapidly advance through the city and reach the city centre, conquering the Reichstag on 30 April after fierce fighting
The Red Army hoists the Red Flag over the Reichstag in Berlin
The Red Army hoists the Red Flag over the Reichstag in Berlin
Chuikov, who commanded his army operating in central Berlin, was the first Allied officer to learn about Adolf Hitler's suicide, being informed by General Hans Krebs who had come to Chuikovs headquarters under a white flag
The Soviets capture the Reich Chancellery
Berlin surrenders, 17 days after the 1st day of the battle
General Weidling finally surrenders with his staff at 06:00 hours, he was taken to see General Vasily Chuikov at 08:23, Weidling agrees to order the citys defenders to surrender to the Soviets
General Weidling had his Chief of Staff, von Dufving, arrange a meeting with General Chuikov. Weidling told the Soviets about the suicides of Hitler and Goebbels, and Chuikov demanded complete capitulation. Accepts the surrender of Berlins forces from General Helmuth Weidling
With Zhukov shares the honour of capturing Berlin
Berlin surrenders to the Soviet Army
Berlin falls to the Allies
The Red flag is raised over the Reichstag
The German High Command formally accepts unconditional military surrender.
The German High Command signs a document of unconditional surrender
Directs the capture of Berlin
The final German capitulation ends the European war.
German commanders sign unconditional surrender, ends the war in Europe
The prosecution enters indictments against 24 major war criminals and six criminal organisations - the leadership of the Nazi party, the Schutzstaffel (SS) and Sicherheitsdienst (SD), the Gestapo, the Sturmabteilung (SA. The International Military Tribunal is opened, in the Supreme Court Building in Berlin, the first session is presided over by the Soviet judge, Nikitchenko
Soviet restrictions close major land routes into the Western sectors of Berlin.
The Russians blockade land routes to Berlin
Western ambassadors seek a negotiated solution with Stalin as access to Berlin becomes an international crisis.
British, French & US Ambassadors meet Stalin to find a solution
The Peoples Congress first meets at Berlin to attempt to replace the Marshall Plan
The Soviet blockade is intended to force Britain, France and the United States to abandon their positions in Berlin.
Trys to push the Allies out of their zones by blockading Berlin, June 1948-Spring 1949
Clay orders an early emergency air-supply operation to test whether Berlin can be sustained without unrestricted land access.
General Clay orders a "baby airlift" into Berlin of enough supplies for 45 days
Russia halts 2 US & British trains after theiy refuse access to Russian inspectors
Soviet measures halt road and rail access and restrict power supplies while the Western airlift and counter-blockade expand.
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
Soviet authorities end the blockade after the Western powers maintain access through the airlift.
The Berlin blockade is lifted after 327 days, both sides claim victory. Calls off the Berlin Blockade after more than a year
Plays a part in suppressing the Berlin rebellion
Plays a part in suppressing the Berlin rebellion
Demonstrators march on the East German Government
The West replies to Russias ultimatum & negotiates in Geneva. Intends to sign a peace with East Germany ending Allied rights in west Berlin
Khrushchev issues an ultimatum giving the Western powers 6 months to agree to withdraw from Berlin and make it a free, demilitarized city
Khrushchev & Eisenhower stated jointly that the most important issue in the world was general disarmament & Berlin to be resolved by negotiation. Russia withdraws its deadline & instead meets with the Western powers in a Big Four Foreign Minister's conference
Khrushchev & Eisenhower stated jointly that the most important issue in the world was general disarmament & Berlin to be resolved by negotiation
Khrushchev & Eisenhower stated jointly that the most important issue in the world was general disarmament & Berlin to be resolved by negotiation
The continuing flight from East Germany through Berlin intensifies pressure for a Soviet-backed border closure.
Overall operations for the construction of the Berlin Wall are directed by Marshal Ivan Konev, commander in chief of the GSFG
Overall operations for the construction of the Berlin Wall are directed by Marshal Ivan Konev, commander in chief of the GSFG
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
Supports East German measures sealing the border between East and West Berlin.
The fortified Berlin Wall begins taking shape after the initial closure of the sector boundary.
The US & Russia withdraw their tanks from the Berlin Wall
American and Soviet tanks withdraw from their confrontation at Checkpoint Charlie, easing the immediate Berlin crisis.
Wilson & Walker visit Khrushchev but there is disagreement over Berlin
Takes part in the conference of European Communist and workers' parties in East Berlin.
Mitterand visits Gorbachev in Kiev to to try & delay the fall of the Berlin Wall
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