Second Five Year Plan
Stalin launches the Second Five-Year Plan, emphasizing heavy industry, transport, steel, coal and continued central planning.
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1933 in Russia
Explore 32 historical events and records for Russia in 1933.
Historical records for Russia in 1933
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January
Five Year Plan
The goal of the Second Five-Year Plan (1933-1937) is the reconstruction of the entire Soviet economy and the creation of a new technical base. Stalin delivers a report on "Results of the First Five-Year Plan" at the joint plenum of the CC and CCC CPSU
Five Year Plan
The goal of the Second Five-Year Plan was the construction of twenty five to thirty thousand kilometres of new railway lines and 22 million tons of pig iron would be smelted by the end of the plan.
Five Year Plan
The goal of the Second Five-Year Plan was to increase machine production from 3 to 3.5 times, the mining of coal was increased from 90 million tons to 250 million.
Five Year Plan
The plan also projected an increase for consumer goods from 22.2 billion rubles in 1932 to 47.2 billion in 1937, the plan was only able to fulfill 85.4 percent of this target.
Government Report
Stalin delivers a report on "Results of the First Five-Year Plan" at the joint plenum of the CC and CCC CPSU
Death of Joseph Stalin
Stalin attends the memorial meeting at the Bolshoi Theatre to commemorate the ninth anniversary of the death of Lenin
March
Baltic Canal
Construction of the Baltic-White Sea Canal is completed
Metro
The Moscow metro is completed
April
League of Nations
Russia joins the League of Nations
Neutrality
Russia & Germany renew the 1926 Treaty of Neutrality & Non-Aggression
Treaty of Neutrality
Russia & Germany renew the 1926 Treaty of Neutrality & Non-Aggression
May
Russian Democracy Campaign
Kerensky records his position on russian democracy campaign in exile.
June
Burial
Stalin attends the funeral of Klara Zetkin in the Red Square in Moscow
July
Exile of Leon Trotsky
Granted asylum in France
November
Recognition of the USSR
The USSR is recognized by the USA, to counteract Japans rise in the Far East
December
Nobel Prize in Literature
Is awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature for classical artistry in Russian prose.
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Anti-Totalitarian Warning
Warns against dictatorship from both left and right.
At the Metro-Vickers trial British technologists in Russia are charged with espionage
At the Metro-Vickers trial British technologists in Russia are charged with espionage
Build Communist Parties and an International Anew
Calls for new Communist parties and a new international after concluding that the existing Comintern cannot be reformed.
Economy of Russia
The goal of the Second Five-Year Plan (1933-1937) is the reconstruction of the entire Soviet economy and the creation of a new technical base
Exile of Leon Trotsky
Trotsky is offered asylum in France by Daladier, he stayed first at Royan, then at Barbizon, he was not allowed to visit Paris
First Secretary
Appointed First Secretary of the Communist Party of the Azerbaijan
Foundations of Probability Theory
The achievement marks foundations of probability theory as an important Russian scientific milestone.
Industrial Output
The Soviet state prioritises heavy industrial expansion while consumer-goods targets lag behind official plans.
Lamb of God
Publication of "Lamb of God"
Leipzig Physics Lectures
Visits Leipzig for scientific lectures during the university's golden period in physics.
Probability Axioms
Publishes an axiomatic foundation for modern probability theory.
Sen dney
Publication of "Sen dney"
Successfully persuades the United States to officially recognize the Soviet Government
Successfully persuades the United States to officially recognize the Soviet Government
Trial
At the Metro-Vickers trial British technologists in Russia are charged with espionage
Vologda Family Visit
Shalamov returned to Vologda to visit his parents during his early career as a Moscow journalist.
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