Capture of Prague
The Czechoslovak Communist Party is ordered to take power in Prague
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1948 in Russia
Explore 33 historical events and records for Russia in 1948.
Historical records for Russia in 1948
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February
Coup
The Czechoslovak Communist Party is ordered to take power in Prague
March
Potsdam Agreement
Advised the west is going to transform Germany into a "military-political bloc". Accuses the west of breaking the Potsdam Agreement & the London Conference is invalid
Rule of Germany
Advised the west is going to transform Germany into a "military-political bloc"
April
Berlin Emergency Air Supply Tested
Clay orders an early emergency air-supply operation to test whether Berlin can be sustained without unrestricted land access.
Blockade of Berlin
General Clay orders a "baby airlift" into Berlin of enough supplies for 45 days
Russia halts 2 US & British trains
Russia halts 2 US & British trains after theiy refuse access to Russian inspectors
June
Conference of London
Authorizes the Lander & provisional assemblies to open a constituent assembly
Constitution of Russia
Authorizes the Lander & provisional assemblies to open a constituent assembly
Berlin Road Rail and Power Restrictions Intensified
Soviet measures halt road and rail access and restrict power supplies while the Western airlift and counter-blockade expand.
Blockade of Berlin
The west announces a counter-blockade from west to east. Russian power cuts in west Berlin & a halt of all railway traffic. Russia imposes a blockade on Berlin. Announces the blockade & imposes a total road & rail blockade in & out of Berlin
Cominform
Yugoslavia is expelled from the Cominform
Diplomatic Expulsion
Yugoslavia is expelled from the Cominform
August
Democratic Opposition
Kerensky develops his views through democratic opposition after 1917.
November
Purge
Lenigrad is purged
Other events (month unknown)
Assassination of Andrei Aleksandrovich Zhdanov
Assassinated during what in 1953 would become the "doctors plot"
Berlin Western Sectors Pressured
The Soviet blockade is intended to force Britain, France and the United States to abandon their positions in Berlin.
Birth of Anatoly Shcharansky
Birth of Anatoly Shcharansky
Blockade of Berlin
Trys to push the Allies out of their zones by blockading Berlin, June 1948-Spring 1949
Collective Farm Consolidation in Ukraine
Supports consolidation of Ukrainian collective farms and continued postwar agricultural reconstruction.
Cominform
After the expulsion of Yugoslavia from the group the seat is moved to Bucharest, Romania
Death of Andrei Aleksandrovich Zhdanov
Death of Andrei Aleksandrovich Zhadnov, assassinated during the "doctors plot"
Diplomatic Expulsion at Moscow
Yugoslavia is expelled from the Cominform. The German D-Mark is banned from circulation in the FDR
DPRK
Russia founds the DPRK in North Korea
F-1 Reactor
Soviet reactor work uses uranium for plutonium production.
Marfino Prison Experiences
Solzhenitsyn experienced the special prison at Marfino later portrayed in The First Circle.
Nuclear Power
Helps invent the hydrogen bomb
Plot
Assassinated during what in 1953 would become the "doctors plot"
Politburo
Appointed Member of Politburo
Soviet Delegates Address Human Rights
Soviet representatives participated in debates preceding adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, while abstaining on the final vote.
Soviets Debate Berlin Crisis
The Soviet Union faced Security Council deliberations concerning the Berlin blockade under Stalin's leadership.
Story of a Real Man
Composes, "Story of a Real Man"
Withdrawal Negotiations at Moscow
Russia withdraws from the Allied Control Council, followed by the Berlin Blockade
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