21 February 1948Capture of PragueJoseph Stalin
The Czechoslovak Communist Party is ordered to take power in Prague
Historical records for Russia in 1948, rendered directly from the World History Database and ordered by month, day and event.
The Czechoslovak Communist Party is ordered to take power in Prague
The Czechoslovak Communist Party is ordered to take power in Prague
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
Advised the west is going to transform Germany into a "military-political bloc"
Clay orders an early emergency air-supply operation to test whether Berlin can be sustained without unrestricted land access.
General Clay orders a "baby airlift" into Berlin of enough supplies for 45 days
Russia halts 2 US & British trains after theiy refuse access to Russian inspectors
Authorizes the Lander & provisional assemblies to open a constituent assembly
Authorizes the Lander & provisional assemblies to open a constituent assembly
Soviet measures halt road and rail access and restrict power supplies while the Western airlift and counter-blockade expand.
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
Yugoslavia is expelled from the Cominform
Yugoslavia is expelled from the Cominform
Kerensky develops his views through democratic opposition after 1917.
Lenigrad is purged
Assassinated during what in 1953 would become the "doctors plot"
The Soviet blockade is intended to force Britain, France and the United States to abandon their positions in Berlin.
Birth of Anatoly Shcharansky
Trys to push the Allies out of their zones by blockading Berlin, June 1948-Spring 1949
Supports consolidation of Ukrainian collective farms and continued postwar agricultural reconstruction.
After the expulsion of Yugoslavia from the group the seat is moved to Bucharest, Romania
Death of Andrei Aleksandrovich Zhadnov, assassinated during the "doctors plot"
Yugoslavia is expelled from the Cominform. The German D-Mark is banned from circulation in the FDR
Russia founds the DPRK in North Korea
Soviet reactor work uses uranium for plutonium production.
Helps invent the hydrogen bomb
Assassinated during what in 1953 would become the "doctors plot"
Appointed Member of Politburo
Composes, "Story of a Real Man"
Russia withdraws from the Allied Control Council, followed by the Berlin Blockade
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