Purge
CP members are directed to renew their documents, "passive people" are rooted out
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1936 in Russia
Explore 68 historical events and records for Russia in 1936.
Historical records for Russia in 1936
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January
April
Occupation
At the League of Nations Russia proposes sanctions after occupation of the Rhineland
July
Alliance Joseph Stalin and Spanish Republic
The Comintern agree to furnish volunteers & money to support the Spanish Republic
Comintern
The Comintern agree to furnish volunteers & money to support the Spanish Republic
Plot
Against the "terrorist activity of Trotskyite-Zinoviev counter-revolutionary bloc"
Purge
Announces "terrorist activity of Trotskyite-Zinoviev counter-revolutionary bloc"
Purge
Made against "terrorist activity of Trotskyite-Zinoviev counter-revolutionary bloc"
Purge
Against the "terrorist activity of Trotskyite-Zinoviev counter-revolutionary bloc"
Reform of Policing
The secret police is absorbed into the ministry of the interior, NKVD
Trial
Secretly put on trial by Stalin for his life
August
Provisional Government
Kerensky develops his views through provisional government after 1917.
Death of Grigory Yevseyevich Zinoviev
Death of Grigory Yevseyevich Zinoviev, executed
Execution
Found guilty of charges during a show trial & shot
Bolshevik Party
During the trial, Zinoviev, Kamenev and 14 other accused, most of them prominent Old Bolsheviks, confessed to having plotted with Trotsky to kill Stalin and other members of the Soviet leadership
Bolshevik Party
During the trial, Zinoviev, Kamenev and 14 other accused, most of them prominent Old Bolsheviks, confessed to having plotted with Trotsky to kill Stalin and other members of the Soviet leadership
Bolshevik Party
During the trial, Zinoviev, Kamenev and 14 other accused, most of them prominent Old Bolsheviks, confessed to having plotted with Trotsky to kill Stalin and other members of the Soviet leadership
Execution
Stalin has Kamanev & Zinoviev purged & then executed
Plot
The court found everybody guilty and sentenced the defendants to death, Trotsky in absentia. During the trial, Zinoviev, Kamenev and 14 other accused, most of them prominent Old Bolsheviks, confessed to having plotted with Trotsky to kill Stalin and other members of the Soviet leadership
Terrorism
The first Moscow show trial of the so-called "Trotskyite-Zinovievite Terrorist Center" was staged in front of an international audience. During the trial, Zinoviev, Kamenev and 14 other accused, most of them prominent Old Bolsheviks, confessed to having plotted with Trotsky to kill Stalin and other members of the Soviet leadership
Trial
During the trial, Zinoviev, Kamenev and 14 other accused, most of them prominent Old Bolsheviks, confessed to having plotted with Trotsky to kill Stalin and other members of the Soviet leadership
Trial
The first Moscow show trial of the so-called "Trotskyite-Zinovievite Terrorist Center" was staged in front of an international audience. The court found everybody guilty and sentenced the defendants to death, Trotsky in absentia
Trial
During the trial, Zinoviev, Kamenev and 14 other accused, most of them prominent Old Bolsheviks, confessed to having plotted with Trotsky to kill Stalin and other members of the Soviet leadership
September
Purge
Yezhov is made Commissar for Internal Affairs to unmask the Trotsky-Zinoviev plot
Arrest of Nikolai Bukharin
Arrested for counter-revolutionary activities, released due to insufficient evidence
October
Alliance Russia and Republicans and Spain
Russia decides to supply the Republicans in Spain
Russia warns it will only be bound to the same degree as
Russia warns it will only be bound to the same degree as Italy & Germany. Russia decides to supply the Republicans in Spain
November
Germany & Japan argree to make common cause against Communism
Germany & Japan argree to make "common cause" against Communism
December
Constitution of Russia
Joseph Stalin establishes a Federal State consisting of 11 Soviet Republics.
Constitution of Russia
Joseph Stalin establishes the USSR Supreme Soviet, supreme agency of state power in the Soviet Union.
Constitution of Russia
Supreme Soviet consists of the Soviet of the Union and the Soviet of the Nationalities.
Constitution of Russia
The Supreme Soviet elects a Presidium the chairman of which becomes the Head of State.
Constitution of Russia
The Supreme Soviet is elected for 4 years and meets twice a year.
Constitution of Russia
The VTsIK, All-Union Central Exec Comm of the soviets becomes the Supreme Soviet.
Supreme Soviet
Establishes the USSR Supreme Soviet, supreme agency of state power in the Soviet Union
Other events (month unknown)
Begins University Mathematics Studies
Solzhenitsyn entered Rostov State University to study mathematics and physics.
Bolshevik Party
Holds stage trials of old Bolsheviks
Civil War
Russia sends arms & advisers to the Republicans
Comintern
Germany and Japan conclude the so-called Anti-Comintern Pact, ostensibly to protect the world from the 3rd International
Commander in Chief
Appointed Commander of the Ukraine
Commissar
Appointed Commissar of Internal Defence
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