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1926 in Russia

Explore 45 historical events and records for Russia in 1926.

Historical records for Russia in 1926

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January

Comintern

Bukharin, Nikolai ยท Chairman of Comintern ยท Government / Government of Russia

The policy of Socialism in one country is finalized as e state policy after Stalins January 1926 article On the Issues of Leninism

Comintern

Stalin, Jospeh ยท Member of Ruling Triumvirate ยท Government / Government of Russia

The policy of Socialism in one country is finalized as e state policy after Stalins January 1926 article On the Issues of Leninism

Socialism in One Country

Bukharin, Nikolai ยท Chairman of Comintern ยท Government / Government of Russia

The policy of Socialism in one country is finalized as e state policy after Stalins January 1926 article On the Issues of Leninism

Socilaism in One Country

Stalin, Jospeh ยท Member of Ruling Triumvirate ยท Government / Government of Russia

The policy of Socialism in one country is finalized as e state policy after Stalins January 1926 article On the Issues of Leninism

April

Berlin Treaty

Stalin, Joseph ยท Berlin ยท General Secretary of CPSU ยท Government / Government of Russia

Berlin Treaty of friendship & neutrality between Germany & Russia

Neutrality

Stalin, Joseph ยท Berlin ยท General Secretary of CPSU ยท Government / Government of Russia

Berlin Treaty of friendship & neutrality between Germany & Russia

Treaty of Friendship

Stalin, Joseph ยท Berlin ยท General Secretary of CPSU ยท Government / Government of Russia

Berlin Treaty of friendship & neutrality between Germany & Russia

July

Politburo

Zinoviev, Grigory Yevseyevich ยท Government / Government of Russia

Zinoviev is dismissed from the Politburo after a tumultuous Central Committee meeting in July 1926

September

Demonstrations

Trotsky, Leon ยท Moscow ยท Government / Government of Russia

Appeals to the rank & file & addresses a demonstration staged at an aircraft factory

Rebellion of Rebels in Moscow

Trotsky, Leon ยท Moscow ยท Warfare / Military

Appeals to rank & file party cells & addresses a demonstration at an aircraft factory

October

Anti-Bolshevik Activity

Kerensky, Alexander Fedorovich ยท Paris ยท Revolutionary Politics ยท Humanities / Politics

Kerensky continues political activity connected with anti-bolshevik activity.

Dismissal

Stalin, Joseph ยท Moscow ยท General Secretary of CPSU ยท Government / Government of Russia

Has Zinoviev ousted from the Politburo. Has Trotsky ousted from the Politburo

Dismissal

Kamenev, Lev Borisovich ยท Moscow ยท Member of Politburo ยท Government / Government of Russia

Dismissed from the Politburo during Stalins purge of the Opposition

Dismissal

Trotsky, Leon ยท Moscow ยท Government / Government of Russia

Dismissed from the Politburo after calling Stalin "the gravedigger of the Revolution"

November

Death of Leon Trotsky

Trotsky, Leon ยท Moscow ยท Government / Government of Russia

Releases Lenins Testsament to the Press

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Alliance Vasily Konstantinovich Blucher and Chiang Kai-shek in the northern campaign

Blucher, Vasily Konstantinovich ยท Adviser-Kuomingtang ยท Warfare / Civil War

Aids Chiang Kai-shek in the northern campaign

Ambassador

Kamenev, Lev Borisovich ยท Moscow ยท Ambassador of Russia ยท Government / Government of Russia

Appointed Ambassador of Italy

An Answer to the Stalinist Critics

Trotsky, Leon ยท Politics / Bolshevik Party

Writes An Answer to the Stalinist Critics as the struggle inside the Soviet Communist Party intensifies.

Chain Reaction Theory

Semenov, Nikolay Nikolayevich ยท Leningrad ยท Physical Chemist ยท Science / Chemistry

Develops a theory describing branching chain reactions.

Chemical Kinetics

Semenov, Nikolay Nikolayevich ยท Leningrad ยท Physical Chemist ยท Science / Chemistry

The achievement marks chemical kinetics as an important Russian scientific milestone.

Comintern

Stalin, Joseph ยท General Secretary of CPSU ยท Government / Government of Russia

"Socialism In One Country" is finalized as the state policy after Stalin's January 1926 article On the Issues of Leninism

Comintern

Stalin, Joseph ยท General Secretary of CPSU ยท Government / Government of Russia

Stalin makes the party line clear: "An internationalist is one who is ready to defend the USSR without reservation, without wavering, unconditionally; for the USSR it is the base of the world revolutionary movement, and this revolutionary movement cannot be defended and promoted without defending

Comintern

Stalin, Joseph ยท General Secretary of CPSU ยท Government / Government of Russia

The dream of a world revolution is abandoned after the failures of the Spartacist uprising in Germany and of the Hungarian Soviet Republic, and the failure of all revolutionary movements in Europe, such as in Italy, where the fascist squadristi broke the strikes and quickly

Comintern

Stalin, Joseph ยท General Secretary of CPSU ยท Government / Government of Russia

assumed power following the 1922 March on Rome.

Comintern

Stalin, Joseph ยท General Secretary of CPSU ยท Government / Government of Russia

the USSR.

Comintern

Zinoviev, Grigory Yevseyevich ยท Government / Government of Russia

Zinoviev himself is dismissed in 1926 after falling out of favor with Stalin

Declaration of 13

Trotsky, Leon ยท Moscow ยท Government / Government of Russia

Trotsky, Zinoviev & Kamanev present their case against the party leadership

Democratic Russia Advocacy

Kerensky, Alexander Fedorovich ยท Paris ยท Exile Politician ยท Politics / Exile Politics

Argues for a democratic alternative to Bolshevik rule.

Europe and America

Trotsky, Leon ยท Government / Government of Russia

Writes Europe and America, examining economic power and the changing relationship between the two regions.

Military Adviser

Chuikov, Vassili ยท Military Adviser ยท Warfare / Civil War

Appointed Military Adviser to Chian Kai-shek

Moscow University Law Studies

Shalamov, Varlam ยท Arts / Literature

Shalamov enrolled in law studies at Moscow State University, exposing him to the political debates of the period.

Politburo

Molotov, Vyacheslav Mikhailovich ยท Moscow ยท Member of Politburo ยท Government / Government of Russia

Appointed Member of Politburo

Politburo

Voroshilov, Klimenty Efremovich ยท Moscow ยท Member of Politburo ยท Government / Government of Russia

Appointed Member of Politburo

Problems of the British Revolution

Trotsky, Leon ยท Politics / International, 3rd

Publishes Problems of the British Revolution, analyzing the labor movement and revolutionary strategy in Britain.

Secretary of Communist Party

Kirov, Sergei Mironovich ยท Secretary of Communist Party ยท Government / Government of Russia

Appointed Secretary of the CP in Leningrad

Socialism In One Country

Stalin, Joseph ยท General Secretary of CPSU ยท Government / Government of Russia

"Socialism In One Country" is finalized as the state policy after Stalins January 1926 article On the Issues of Leninism

Socialism in One Country

Stalin, Joseph ยท General Secretary of CPSU ยท Government / Government of Russia

The dream of a world revolution is abandoned after the failures of the Spartacist uprising in Germany and of the Hungarian Soviet Republic and the failure of all revolutionary movements in Europe such as in Italy

Socialism in One Country

Stalin, Joseph ยท General Secretary of CPSU ยท Government / Government of Russia

for the USSR it is the base of the world revolutionary movement, and this revolutionary movement cannot be defended and promoted without defending the USSR

Socialism in One Country

Stalin, Joseph ยท General Secretary of CPSU ยท Government / Government of Russia

where the fascist squadristi broke the strikes and quickly assumed power following the 1922 March on Rome. Stalin makes the party line clear: "An internationalist is one who is ready to defend the USSR without reservation, without wavering, unconditionally

Spartacist Revolution

Stalin, Joseph ยท General Secretary of CPSU ยท Government / Government of Russia

The dream of a world revolution is abandoned after the failures of the Spartacist uprising in Germany and of the Hungarian Soviet Republic, and the failure of all revolutionary movements in Europe, such as in Italy, where the fascist squadristi broke the strikes and quickly assumed power following the 1922 March on Rome

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