5 January 1949ComeconJoseph Stalin
Comecon is established at a Moscow economic conference January 5-January 8, 1949, at which the six founding member countries are represented
Historical records for Russia in 1949, rendered directly from the World History Database and ordered by month, day and event.
Comecon is established at a Moscow economic conference January 5-January 8, 1949, at which the six founding member countries are represented
Comecon is established at a Moscow economic conference January 5-January 8, 1949, at which the six founding member countries are represented
Comecons foundation is publicly announced
Soviet authorities end the blockade after the Western powers maintain access through the airlift.
The Berlin blockade is lifted after 327 days, both sides claim victory. Calls off the Berlin Blockade after more than a year
Russia rejects a western plea for German reunification
Plays a part in suppressing the Berlin rebellion
Plays a part in suppressing the Berlin rebellion
Directs the scientific programme producing the first Soviet atomic bomb test.
The Soviet Union conducts its first atomic bomb test, ending the United States nuclear monopoly.
The achievement marks rds-1 test as an important Russian scientific milestone.
The Soviet Union tests its first atomic bomb.
Kerensky records his position on political lectures in exile.
Stalin condemns Tito
Mao Tse-Tung has talks with Stalin in Moscow
Resumes leadership of the Moscow regional party organization after leaving Ukraine.
Sees the Soviet armed forces adopt his automatic rifle design.
Arrested during Stalins anti-Jewish purge
Birth of Valeri Borzov
The Comecon was the Eastern Blocs reply to the formation of the Organisation for European Economic Co-operation in western Europe. Founds the Council for Mutual Economic Assistance to improve Soviet bloc trade. Founded by the Soviet Union, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Poland, and Romania
Appointed Commander of the Soviet forces of occupation in East Germany
Appointed Vice Chairman of the Council of Minister's in Poland
Death of Mikhail Markovich Borodin while under arrest
Begins studying industrial and civil construction at the Ural Polytechnic Institute.
Appointed First Secretary of All-Union Central Committee
The achievement marks kalashnikov rifle as an important Russian scientific milestone.
Develops a layered design concept for an early Soviet thermonuclear device.
Leads Russia successful campaign to test its own atomic bomb
Russia successfully tests the atomic bomb
Appointed Member of Politburo
Supports the creation of the German Democratic Republic
Publication of "Povest o detstve"
Appointed Prime Minister of Russia
Resigns as Commissar of Foreign Affairs
Returns to Moscow as a Central Committee secretary and senior Moscow party leader.
Appointed Minister of Defence
The achievement marks sloika concept as an important Russian scientific milestone.
Lectures students on the Russian Revolution and exile politics.
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