16 January 1947Rule of PolandJoseph Stalin
The Polish elections, held on January 16, 1947, resulted in Polands official transformation to a communist state by 1949
Historical records for Russia in 1947, rendered directly from the World History Database and ordered by month, day and event.
The Polish elections, held on January 16, 1947, resulted in Polands official transformation to a communist state by 1949
Poland holds elections under a Soviet-dominated political system, intensifying Western claims that Yalta's free-election commitments were not fulfilled.
Famine in the Ukraine, 1946-1947
Appointed Minister of Defence, 1st term, replaces Stalin in position
Russia demands $10 billion in reparations & control of the Ruhr, this is not agreed. A conference opens in Moscow to discuss the development of post-war Germany
Leaves the Ukrainian party first-secretary post while remaining head of the republican government.
Soviet restrictions close major land routes into the Western sectors of Berlin.
The Russians blockade land routes to Berlin
Forces the Eastern block & Russia to reject the Marshall plan
Cominform (from Communist Information Bureau) is the common name for what is officially referred to as the Information Bureau of the Communist and Workers' Parties
The Cominform has as its stated goal. "..to organize an exchange of experience, and where necessary to coordinate the activity of the Communist parties, on the basis of mutual agreement."
The Cominform has its own newspaper, For Lasting Peace, for People's Democracy!
The Cominform is based on the Comintern which was dissolved in 1942, it co-ordinates European Communist Parties
The Cominform the first official forum of the International Communist Movement since the dissolution of the Comintern and confirmed the new realities after World War II, including the creation of an Eastern Bloc
Cominform (from Communist Information Bureau) is the common name for what is officially referred to as the Information Bureau of the Communist and Workers' Parties
Kerensky participates in russian emigre movement during his political career.
Orders communist-dominated Governments to pull out of the Paris Conference on the European Recovery Programme
Orders communist-dominated Governments to pull out of the Paris Conference on the European Recovery Programme
Western ambassadors seek a negotiated solution with Stalin as access to Berlin becomes an international crisis.
British, French & US Ambassadors meet Stalin to find a solution
Cominform was a Soviet-dominated organization of Communist parties founded at a conference of Communist party leaders in Szklarska Poreba, Poland
Cominform was a Soviet-dominated organization of Communist parties founded at a conference of Communist party leaders in Szklarska Poreba, Poland
1st day of the council to discuss the future of post-war Germany
The controlling Council of Germany breaks up after failing to agree the future
The Peoples Congress first meets at Berlin to attempt to replace the Marshall Plan
The Russian currency is reformed
The Russian currency is reformed
Returns as First Secretary of the Ukrainian Communist Party after a nine-month interruption.
Supports democratic opposition to Soviet communism.
Cominform was initially located in Belgrade (then the capital of the Federative People's Republic of Yugoslavia)
The Cominform is based on the Comintern which was dissolved in 1942, it co-ordinates European Communist Parties
Moves for a German Peoples Congress to remove Allied control in Germany
Russia does not attend & refuses to allow its Eastern European satellites to attend
Oversees industrial reconstruction and party administration in the heavily damaged Dnepropetrovsk region.
Becomes First Secretary of the Dnepropetrovsk regional Communist Party organization.
Creates an Economic Commission for Eastern Germany
Creates an Economic Commission for Eastern Germany
Appointed Minister of the Armed Forces
Appointed Party Leader of the Communist Party in the Ukraine
Appointed 2nd Secretary of the Central Committee in Karelia
Leads Soviet uranium and plutonium bomb research.
Serov helps organize the construction of the Stasi, the East German secret police
Composes, "Symphony No 6"
Proposes reunification of Germany & international control of the Ruhr. Proposes centralized German Government at a meeting of Foreign Minister's, not accepted
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