Execution
Stalin has Rykov purged & then executed
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1938 in Russia — Page 2
Explore 62 historical events and records for Russia in 1938.
Historical records for Russia in 1938
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Field Marshal
Appointed Field Marshal
Five Year Plan
The 3rd Five-Year Plan (1938-1941) was not as successful, due to the purging of leading Gosplan members and the outbreak of World War II
Government Report
Delivers a report warning Russia about anshcluss between Germany & Austria
Head of State
Appointed Head of State for Russia, 2nd term
International, 4th
Trotsky and his supporters founded the 4th International, which was intended to be a revolutionary and internationalist alternative to the Stalinist Comintern
Lawyers Plot Detention
Shalamov was detained on allegations of involvement in a supposed camp lawyers plot.
Massacre
NKVD troops massacre over 10,000 Ukrainians
Mayor
Appointed Mayor of Leningrad
NKVD
Appointed Head of the NKVD, Secret Police. Appointed Head of the NKVD, during the war it carries out purges & executions
Partizan Gold Mine Labour
Shalamov worked at the Partizan gold mines, later drawing on conditions in Kolyma for his prose.
President of Russia
Appointed President of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the USSR
Purge
The only prominent Azerbaijani official to escape the Stalinist purges
Purge
Stalin has Rykov purged & then executed
Purge
Stalin has Rykov purged & then executed
Regional Party Department Appointment
Takes charge of a department within the Dnepropetrovsk regional Communist Party organization.
Romeo and Juliet
Composes, "Romeo & Juliet". Composes, "Alexander Nevsky"
The Transitional Program for Socialist Revolution
Writes the Transitional Program, setting out demands and strategy for the movement that establishes the Fourth International.
Treaty Negotiations at Moscow
States Russia will honour its Treaty to defend Czech if the west does the same
Treaty of Czech Rep
States Russia will honour its Treaty to defend Czech if the west does the same
Trial
Tried in absentia by Stalin, the secret police, the GPU, are sent to hunt Trotsky down
With the preservation of the capitalist system a long & enduring peace
"with the preservation of the capitalist system a long & enduring peace is impossible"
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