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1920 in Russia

Explore 62 historical events and records for Russia in 1920.

Historical records for Russia in 1920

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January

Birth of Isaac Asimov

Asimov, Isaac ยท Arts / Literature

Birth of Isaac Asimov

March

Evacuation

Ikin, Anton Ivanovich de ยท Novorossik ยท Chief of Staff ยท Warfare / Civil War

Evacuated by sea from Novorossik, mostly in British ships

Economy of Russia

Lenin, Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov ยท Chairman of Council Commissars ยท Government / Government of Russia

The State Commission for the Electrification of Russia is founded

GOELRO

Lenin, Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov ยท Chairman of Council Commissars ยท Government / Government of Russia

The State Commission for the Electrification of Russia is founded

April

Army Reform

Kerensky, Alexander Fedorovich ยท Russian Front ยท Revolutionary Politics ยท Politics / Anti-Bolshevik Movement

Kerensky develops his views through army reform after 1917.

Invasion of Russia

Lenin, Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov ยท Chairman of Council Commissars ยท Government / Government of Russia

Poland invades Russia

Rebellion of Rebels in Crimea

Lenin, Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov ยท Crimea ยท Chairman of Council Commissars ยท Government / Government of Russia

Last White army under Wrangel evacuates the Crimea

Rebellion of Start of peasant

Lenin, Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov ยท Tambov ยท Chairman of Council Commissars ยท Government / Government of Russia

Start of peasant insurrection in Tambov

Rule of Crimea

Lenin, Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov ยท Crimea ยท Chairman of Council Commissars ยท Government / Government of Russia

Last White army under Wrangel evacuates the Crimea

July

Second Comintern Congress

Zinoviev, Grigory ยท Petrograd ยท Comintern Chairman ยท Politics / International, 3rd

Presides over the opening of the Second Congress of the Communist International

21 Conditions

Lenin, Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov ยท Chairman of Council Commissars ยท Government / Government of Russia

Ahead of the Second Congress of the Communist International Lenin sends out a number of documents, including his Twenty-one Conditions to all socialist parties which the Congress adopts as prerequisites for any group wanting to become affiliated to the International

21 Conditions

Lenin, Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov ยท Chairman of Council Commissars ยท Government / Government of Russia

The 21 Conditions call for the demarcation between Communist parties and other socialist groups and instruct the Comintern sections not to trust the legality of the bourgeois states & call for the build-up of party organisations along democratic centralist lines

21 Conditions

Lenin, Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov ยท Chairman of Council Commissars ยท Government / Government of Russia

in which the party press and Parliamentary factions would be under the direct control of the party leadership.

Comintern

Lenin, Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov ยท Chairman of Council Commissars ยท Government / Government of Russia

Ahead of the Second Congress of the Communist International Lenin sends out a number of documents, including his Twenty-one Conditions to all socialist parties which the Congress adopts as prerequisites for any group wanting to become affiliated to the International

Comintern

Lenin, Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov ยท Chairman of Council Commissars ยท Government / Government of Russia

The 21 Conditions call for the demarcation between Communist parties and other socialist groups and instruct the Comintern sections not to trust the legality of the bourgeois states & call for the build-up of party organisations along democratic centralist lines

Comintern

Lenin, Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov ยท Chairman of Council Commissars ยท Government / Government of Russia

in which the party press and Parliamentary factions would be under the direct control of the party leadership.

Independence of Lithuania

Lenin, Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov ยท Moscow ยท Chairman of Council Commissars ยท Arts / Literature

Russia recognizes the independence of Lithuania under the Treaty of Moscow

Independence of Lithuania

Lenin, Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov ยท Moscow ยท Chairman of Council Commissars ยท Warfare / Lithuanian War of Independence

Russia recognizes the independence of Lithuania under the Treaty of Moscow

Independence of Russia

Lenin, Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov ยท Moscow ยท Chairman of Council Commissars ยท Arts / Literature

Russia recognizes the independence of Lithuania under the Treaty of Moscow

Independence of Russia

Lenin, Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov ยท Moscow ยท Chairman of Council Commissars ยท Warfare / Lithuanian War of Independence

Russia recognizes the independence of Lithuania under the Treaty of Moscow

Treaty of Moscow

Lenin, Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov ยท Moscow ยท Chairman of Council Commissars ยท Arts / Literature

Russia recognizes the independence of Lithuania under the Treaty of Moscow

Treaty of Moscow

Lenin, Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov ยท Moscow ยท Chairman of Council Commissars ยท Warfare / Lithuanian War of Independence

Russia recognizes the independence of Lithuania under the Treaty of Moscow

August

Comintern Program Debate

Bukharin, Nikolai ยท Moscow ยท Bolshevik Theorist ยท Politics / International, 3rd

Helps shape ideological debate at the Communist International

Twenty-One Conditions

Lenin, Vladimir ยท Moscow ยท Bolshevik Leader ยท Politics / International, 3rd

Promotes conditions for parties joining the Communist International

October

Treaty of Tartu

Lenin, Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov ยท Tartu ยท Chairman of Council Commissars ยท Government / Government of Russia

Ends the Russo-Finnish war over Karelia, Finland makes a small territorial gain

Commander of First Cavalry Army

Budenny, Semyon Mikhaylovich ยท Commander of First Cavalry Army ยท Warfare / Military

Appointed Commander of the 1st Cavalry Army

November

Nationalization

Lenin, Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov ยท Moscow ยท Chairman of Council Commissars ยท Government / Government of Russia

The Government issues a supplementary decree nationalizing most small scale industries

Other events (month unknown)

21 Conditions

Lenin, Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov ยท Chairman of Council Commissars ยท Government / Government of Russia

Ahead of the Second Congress of the Communist International Lenin sends out a number of documents, including his Twenty-one Conditions to all socialist parties which the Congress adopts as prerequisites for any group wanting to become affiliated to the International.

21 Conditions

Lenin, Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov ยท Chairman of Council Commissars ยท Government / Government of Russia

Ahead of the Second Congress of the Communist International, held in July-August 1920, Lenin sent out a number of documents, including his "21 Conditions" to all socialist parties

21 Conditions

Lenin, Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov ยท Chairman of Council Commissars ยท Government / Government of Russia

The 21 Conditions call for the demarcation between Communist parties and other socialist groups and instruct the Comintern sections not to trust the legality of the bourgeois states & call for the build-up of party organisations along democratic centralist lines, in which the party press and Parliamentary factions would be

21 Conditions

Lenin, Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov ยท Chairman of Council Commissars ยท Government / Government of Russia

The 21 Conditions called for the demarcation between Communist parties and other socialist groups, and instructed the Comintern sections not to trust the legality of the bourgeois states.

21 Conditions

Lenin, Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov ยท Chairman of Council Commissars ยท Government / Government of Russia

under the direct control of the party leadership.

Ambassador

Kirov, Sergei Mironovich ยท Georgia ยท Ambassador of Russia ยท Government / Government of Russia

Appointed Ambassador of Georgia

Bolshevik Party

Lenin, Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov ยท Politics / Bolshevik Party

The defunct Second International is reorganized

Civil War Political Service

Khrushchev, Nikita Sergeyevich ยท Ukraine ยท Political Commissar ยท Warfare / Military

Continues political work with Red Army units during the final stages of the Civil War.

Comintern

Lenin, Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov ยท Chairman of Council Commissars ยท Government / Government of Russia

Ahead of the Second Congress of the Communist International Lenin sends out a number of documents, including his Twenty-one Conditions to all socialist parties which the Congress adopts as prerequisites for any group wanting to become affiliated to the International.

Comintern

Lenin, Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov ยท Chairman of Council Commissars ยท Government / Government of Russia

The 21 Conditions call for the demarcation between Communist parties and other socialist groups and instruct the Comintern sections not to trust the legality of the bourgeois states & call for the build-up of party organisations along democratic centralist lines, in which the party press

Comintern

Lenin, Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov ยท Chairman of Council Commissars ยท Government / Government of Russia

The 21 Conditions called for the demarcation between Communist parties and other socialist groups, and instructed the Comintern sections not to trust the legality of the bourgeois states. Ahead of the Second Congress of the Communist International, held in July-August 1920, Lenin sent out a number of documents, including his "21 Conditions" to all socialist parties

Comintern

Lenin, Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov ยท Chairman of Council Commissars ยท Government / Government of Russia

The second congress lays down the "Twenty-one Conditions" for membership, firmly establishing a differentiation between the socialist parties and the Communist parties. The Comintern sponsors the Red International of Labour Unions.

Comintern

Lenin, Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov ยท Chairman of Council Commissars ยท Government / Government of Russia

and Parliamentary factions would be under the direct control of the party leadership.

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