Accepts Argonaut Conference Code Name
Accepts the Allied code name Argonaut for the forthcoming Malta and Yalta conference arrangements.
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1945 in Russia
Explore 147 historical events and records for Russia in 1945.
Historical records for Russia in 1945
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January
Battle of Berlin
The Red Army begins the Vistula-Oder offensive across the Narew River and, from Warsaw, a three-day operation on a broad front which incorporated four army Fronts
Red Army
The Red Army begins the Vistula-Oder offensive across the Narew River and, from Warsaw, a three-day operation on a broad front which incorporated four army Fronts
Battle of Berlin
Starting on 16 January 1945, the Red Army breached through the German front as a result of the Vistula-Oder Offensive and rapidly advanced westward as fast as 30-40 kilometres a day
Red Army
Starting on 16 January 1945, the Red Army breached through the German front as a result of the Vistula-Oder Offensive and rapidly advanced westward as fast as 30-40 kilometres a day
Invasion of Poland
Russian troops cross the Polish border
Invasion of Poland
Leads the Russian movement into Poland
February
Discusses France with Roosevelt
Discusses France's postwar role with Roosevelt during their first bilateral Yalta meeting.
Soviet Position at Yalta
Represents the Soviet Union in the opening Yalta discussions with Roosevelt and Churchill.
Foreign Ministers Economic Discussion on Germany
Reviews economic questions concerning defeated Germany during the foreign ministers' luncheon.
Presses German Reparations Question
Presses the Allies to settle principles for extracting reparations from defeated Germany.
Tripartite Offensive Coordination
Takes part in military talks on coordinating Allied offensives, liaison and the expected end of the German war.
Defends Curzon Line
Stalin argues that the Curzon Line was devised by non-Russian Allied statesmen on ethnographic grounds and says he cannot retreat substantially from it.
Third Plenary Polish Government Debate
Participates in the third plenary debate over Poland's government and future boundaries.
Accepts Secret Staff Talks
Accepts the American proposal for confidential staff discussions concerning the Far Eastern war.
Presents Soviet Reparations Proposal
Advances Soviet proposals on German reparations and an Allied reparations commission.
Requests Soviet UN Assembly Votes
Requests separate United Nations representation for several Soviet republics during the fourth plenary session.
Accepts Two Soviet Republic UN Seats
Accepts a compromise under which Ukraine and Byelorussia will be supported for separate United Nations membership.
Discusses Yugoslav and Balkan Questions
Reviews Yugoslav issues and Allied control arrangements in Bulgaria and Hungary with the other foreign ministers.
Questions American Naval Planning
Raises naval and Far Eastern questions during confidential American-Soviet staff discussions.
States Conditions for War against Japan
Discusses political conditions under which the Soviet Union would enter the war against Japan.
Answers American Far East Questions
Provides Soviet responses to American military questions during the second secret staff meeting.
Late-Night Polish Formula Negotiation
Joins late-night negotiations that produce an agreed formula on the future Polish government.
Proposes Amendments on Poland
Presents Soviet amendments to the American proposal on the composition of the Polish government.
Accepts Polish Government Formula
Agrees to a formula for reorganizing the Soviet-backed Polish provisional government on a broader basis.
Discusses Montreux Convention Review
Participates in agreement that the foreign ministers will later consider Soviet proposals on the Turkish Straits convention.
Drafts Political Terms for Japan Entry
Drafts conditions concerning Mongolia, Sakhalin, Port Arthur, Dairen and Manchurian railways for Soviet entry against Japan.
Approves Periodic Foreign Ministers Consultation
Agrees to regular meetings of the three foreign ministers, beginning with a session in London.
Far Eastern Yalta Terms
Secures Allied agreement to Soviet interests in southern Sakhalin, the Kurile Islands, Port Arthur and Manchurian railways.
Raises Iranian Oil at Final Luncheon
Raises the subject of Iranian oil during the final tripartite luncheon.
Signs Agreement to Enter War against Japan
Agrees that the Soviet Union will enter the war against Japan after Germany's defeat under specified Far Eastern conditions.
Signs German Reparations Protocol
Signs the reparations protocol calling for German payments in kind to Allied countries.
Signs Yalta Protocol of Proceedings
Signs the Protocol of Proceedings summarizing the principal conclusions reached by the three governments.
Capture of River Neisse
Reaches the Oder-Neisse line
Capture of River Oder
Reaches the Oder-Neisse line
March
Mobilization
Konevs units join Zhukov near Vinnitsa threatening the remains of the 1st Panzer Army
Arrest of Sixteen Polish Leaders
Soviet security authorities arrest sixteen Polish underground leaders invited to talks on implementing the Yalta political settlement.
Lublin Committee
Churchill argued to Roosevelt that it was "as plain as a pike staff" that Moscows tactics were to drag out the period for holding free elections "while the Lublin Committee consolidate their power."
Lublin Committee
The Soviet Peoples Commissariat for Internal Affairs (NKVD) arrested 16 Polish opposition political leaders that had been invited to participate in provisional Government negotiations.
Lublin Committee
The arrests were part of a trick employed by the NKVD, which flew the leaders to Moscow for a later show trial followed by sentencing to a gulag.
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