Historical records for Russia in 1921, rendered directly from the World History Database and ordered by month, day and event.
With the ongoing turn to a market-based system of production as part of the New Economic Policy (NEP), very real constraints exist on the possible extent of central planning during the initial phase of Gosplan
Initially Gosplan has an advisery function, with its entire staff consisting of just 34 people selected on the basis of academic expertise in specialized aspects of industry; just 7 are members of the Russian Communist Party (Bolsheviks). Appointed head of Gosplan
Gosplan is formally established by a Sovnarkom decree.
Initially Gosplan has an advisery function, with its entire staff consisting of just 34 people selected on the basis of academic expertise in specialized aspects of industry. just 7 are members of the Russian Communist Party (Bolsheviks).
With the ongoing turn to a market-based system of production as part of the New Economic Policy (NEP), very real constraints exist on the possible extent of central planning during the initial phase of Gosplan.
An anti-bolshevik rebellion breaks out among Kronstadt sailors
An anti-bolshevik rebellion breaks out among Kronstadt sailors
Serves as a military specialist inside the rebel fortress.
Supports sailor demands against Bolshevik political monopoly.
Supports the Petropavlovsk resolution demanding free Soviet elections.
Helps lead sailors protesting against Bolshevik rule.
Joins sailors backing the revolt against Bolshevik authority.
An anti-bolshevik rebellion breaks out among Kronstadt sailors
An anti-bolshevik rebellion breaks out among Kronstadt sailors
Leads the army units against the Kronstadt sailors
Leads the army units against the Kronstadt sailors
Leads the army units against the Kronstadt sailors
The State Planning Commission, GOSPLAN, is founded. Early in February 1921 the Politburo unanimously voted for Vladimir Lenins proposal of ending the forced requisitioning of grain
The State Planning Commission, GOSPLAN, is founded which publishes economic statistics
Addresses sailors but fails to stop the revolt.
Sees the revolt as a grave threat during the civil war crisis.
Denounces the Kronstadt sailors as enemies of Soviet power.
Faces revolt from sailors who demand free Soviets.
Supports rebel administration inside the fortress.
Helps coordinate rebel communication and defence.
Chairs the Provisional Revolutionary Committee in Kronstadt.
Orders the rebels to submit to Soviet authority.
Joins the revolutionary committee organising the uprising.
Serves on the rebel revolutionary committee.
Supports Bolshevik action against the naval revolt.
Supports security measures during the rebellion.
Backs the party line against the Kronstadt revolt.
Receives command of forces assigned to crush the revolt.
Commands Red Army units during the assault preparations.
Participates in Red Army operations against Kronstadt.
Helps organise artillery defence against the Red Army assault.
Rejects Bolshevik ultimatums and continues resistance.
Supports suppression of the Kronstadt revolt.
Threatens severe punishment unless the sailors surrender.
Launches the first Red Army assault across the ice.
Supports the Bolshevik response during the party congress.
Argues at the party congress that the revolt must be defeated.
Links the revolt to the wider crisis facing Soviet power.
Supports party mobilisation against the rebellion.
Serves among commanders used in operations against the fortress.
Helps mobilise loyal Communist forces for the attack.
Supports party unity against the rebellion.
Addresses the party congress while Petrograd remains under pressure.
Appeals against bloodshed during the crisis.
Condemns Bolshevik repression of the sailors.
Criticises Bolshevik suppression from exile.
Maintains rebel morale as the fortress holds out.
Regroups forces after the first assault fails.
Directs Petrograd political mobilisation during the siege.
Zinoviev directs political responses during the Kronstadt crisis.
Leads Red troops prepared for the renewed attack.
Commands forces assigned to the southern assault group.
Prepares the final assault across the frozen gulf.
Zinoviev is made a full member of the Politburo after the Xth Party Congress
Participates in operations as Red forces close on the fortress.
Under a pact between Russia & Turkey the Kars region becomes part of Turkey
Zinoviev is made a full member of the Politburo after the Xth Party Congress
Under a pact between Russia & Turkey the Kars region becomes part of Turkey
An agreement is made to resume Anglo-Soviet trade relations
Under a pact between Russia & Turkey the Kars region becomes part of Turkey
Leaves the fortress with retreating rebels.
Flees toward Finland as Red forces enter Kronstadt.
Orders the final assault on Kronstadt.
Uses the crisis to justify tighter party discipline.
Red Army troops capture Kronstadt after heavy fighting.
Announces Bolshevik victory after Kronstadt is taken.
Enters exile after the suppression of the rebellion.
Defends the suppression as necessary for Soviet survival.
Kerensky records his position on democratic programme in exile.
The "First Period" in Comintern history, with the Bolshevik revolution under attack in the Russian Civil War and a wave of revolutions across Europe, the Cominterns priority was exporting the October Revolution
Third Congress, held in June-July 1921, talked about how the struggle could be transformed into "civil war" when the circumstances were favorable and "openly revolutionary uprisings". The "First Period" in Comintern history, with the Bolshevik revolution under attack in the Russian Civil War and a wave of revolutions across Europe, the Cominterns priority was exporting the October Revolution
Helps crush the Kronstadt Revolt
Helps crush the Kronstadt Revolt
Helps crush the Kronstadt Revolt
The League of Nations rejects Russia's membership
Crimea is granted its independence
Crimea is granted its independence
Appointed Commissar for Foreign Affairs
Dismisses leading Russian diplomats including ambassadors in London, Washington & Rome
Writes A School of Revolutionary Strategy following the Third Congress of the Communist International.
Continues criticism of Bolshevik dictatorship from exile.
Arrested & exiled abroad
The "First Period" in Comintern history, with the Bolshevik revolution under attack in the Russian Civil War and a wave of revolutions across Europe, the Cominterns priority was exporting the October Revolution. At the 10th Congress of the Russian Communist Party (Bolsheviks), the economic policy known as the New Economic Policy, often abbreviated to NEP, was approved
The Central Control Comm is to rid the party of "careerists" & "bourgeois elements"
Appointed Candidate Member of Central Committee
Appointed Member of Central Committee
Appointed Chairman of the Azerbaijani Cheka
Appointed Chairman of the Azerbaijani Cheka
The "First Period" in Comintern history, with the Bolshevik revolution under attack in the Russian Civil War and a wave of revolutions across Europe, the Cominterns priority was exporting the October Revolution.
The Comintern is behind the "March Action" in Germany, including an attempt to dynamite the express train from Halle to Leipzig.
Third Congress, held in June-July 1921, talked about how the struggle could be transformed into "civil war" when the circumstances were favorable and "openly revolutionary uprisings."
Builds links between Italian communists and the Communist International
Appointed Commander of the Russian Far East
Appointed Commissar for Nationalities
Power is ceded from the Government to the Politburo
The State Planning Commission, GOSPLAN, is founded. Early in February 1921 the Politburo unanimously voted for Vladimir Lenins proposal of ending the forced requisitioning of grain. At the 10th Congress of the Russian Communist Party (Bolsheviks), the economic policy known as the New Economic Policy, often abbreviated to NEP, was approved
Arrested & exiled abroad
The State Planning Committee, commonly known as Gosplan becomes the agency responsible for central economic planning and remaining in existence until the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991, the main task of Gosplan is the creation and administration of a series of five-year plans governing the economy of the USSR
Gosplan quickly becomes a leading bureaucratic advocate for central planning and expanded investment in heavy industry, with Leon Trotsky one of the leading political patrons of the agency
Writes Lessons of the Paris Commune, drawing strategic conclusions from the 1871 revolutionary government in Paris.
The Comintern is behind the "March Action" in Germany, including an attempt to dynamite the express train from Halle to Leipzig
Arrested & exiled abroad
Appointed Minister of Military Affairs & posted to the Far East Republic
At the 10th Congress of the Russian Communist Party (Bolsheviks), the economic policy known as the New Economic Policy, often abbreviated to NEP, was approved
Trade is legalized & by the mid 1920s GDP is restored to the levels of 1913. The NEP is introduced after the failure of War Communism. The economy is controlled by the state. Light industry & agriculture reverts to private ownership
Peasant unrest sweeps Russia, the risings are suppressed but the New Economic Policy is proclaimed that gives the peasants the right to sell their grain surpluses
Returns to the Donbas and becomes assistant director for political affairs at the Rutchenkovo mine.
Appointed Secretary of the Central Committee
Appointed Secretary of the CP in Azerbaijan
Appointed Head of the Security Police in Georgia
Begins working in the steel industry as a teenager in his home town.
Under the Treaty of Riga Russia gains the eastern third of Poland
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