Independence of Crimea
Crimea is granted its independence
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1921 in Russia — Page 3
Explore 117 historical events and records for Russia in 1921.
Historical records for Russia in 1921
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October
Independence of Russia
Crimea is granted its independence
December
Commissar
Appointed Commissar for Foreign Affairs
Dismissal
Dismisses leading Russian diplomats including ambassadors in London, Washington & Rome
Other events (month unknown)
A School of Revolutionary Strategy
Writes A School of Revolutionary Strategy following the Third Congress of the Communist International.
Anti-Bolshevik Advocacy
Continues criticism of Bolshevik dictatorship from exile.
Arrest of Fedor Ivanovich Dan
Arrested & exiled abroad
Bolshevik Party
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
CCC
The Central Control Comm is to rid the party of "careerists" & "bourgeois elements"
Central Committee
Appointed Candidate Member of Central Committee
Central Committee
Appointed Member of Central Committee
Chairman
Appointed Chairman of the Azerbaijani Cheka
Cheka
Appointed Chairman of the Azerbaijani Cheka
Comintern
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.
Comintern
The Comintern is behind the "March Action" in Germany, including an attempt to dynamite the express train from Halle to Leipzig.
Comintern
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."
Comintern Relations
Builds links between Italian communists and the Communist International
Commander of Far East
Appointed Commander of the Russian Far East
Commissar
Appointed Commissar for Nationalities
Constitution of Russia
Power is ceded from the Government to the Politburo
Economy of Russia
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
Exile of Fedor Ivanovich Dan
Arrested & exiled abroad
Gosplan
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
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
Lessons of the Paris Commune
Writes Lessons of the Paris Commune, drawing strategic conclusions from the 1871 revolutionary government in Paris.
March Action
The Comintern is behind the "March Action" in Germany, including an attempt to dynamite the express train from Halle to Leipzig
Menshevik Party
Arrested & exiled abroad
Minister of Military Affairs
Appointed Minister of Military Affairs & posted to the Far East Republic
New Economic Policy
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
New Economic Policy
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
New Economic Policy
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
Rutchenkovo Mine Political Administration
Returns to the Donbas and becomes assistant director for political affairs at the Rutchenkovo mine.
Secretary of Central Committee
Appointed Secretary of the Central Committee
Secretary of Communist Party
Appointed Secretary of the CP in Azerbaijan
Security Police
Appointed Head of the Security Police in Georgia
Steel Mill Employment
Begins working in the steel industry as a teenager in his home town.
Treaty of Riga
Under the Treaty of Riga Russia gains the eastern third of Poland
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