1 February 1931Birth of Boris YeltsinBoris Nikolayevich Yeltsin
Born in Butka, Sverdlovsk Oblast, into a family with roots in the Ural region.
Historical records for Russia in 1931, rendered directly from the World History Database and ordered by month, day and event.
Born in Butka, Sverdlovsk Oblast, into a family with roots in the Ural region.
Gosplan is subordinated to the Sovnarkom
Birth of Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev, Privolnoye, Stavropol krai, North Caucasus
Kerensky participates in historical analysis during his political career.
Takes charge of the Bauman district party organization in Moscow.
Appointed Commissar for Foreign Affairs, 2nd term
Appointed Commissar for Posts & Telegraph
Joins the Communist Party while studying metallurgy in Dneprodzerzhinsk.
Writes essays on revolution war and democracy.
Exiled for heading a counter-revolutionary organisation with Gosplan
As a result of collectivization there is widespread harvest failure
Writes Germany, the Key to the International Situation, warning that the German crisis has decisive international consequences.
Moves to lead the Krasnaya Presnya district party committee later in the year.
A number of ex-Mensheviks are charged with planning a counter-revolution
Returns home and begins studies at the Dneprodzerzhinsk Metallurgical Institute.
Publication of "Odessa Tales"
A number of ex-Mensheviks are charged with planning a counter-revolution. 14 professors are charged with conspiracy
Rykov is reinstated after publicly recanting his opposition to Stalin
Publication of "Safe Conduct"
Appointed Head of the Commissariat for Internal Transcaucasian Republics
Tried for heading a counter-revolutionary organisation with Gosplan
Tried for heading a counter-revolutionary organisation with Gosplan
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