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40 Cards in this Set

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"The Small Revolution"
1905
The Russo-Japanese war
1905
Stolypin
Chairman of the Council of Ministers after the Small Revolution, who brought abut economic and liberal reforms. Was murdered in 1911.
Lvov
The first leader of the Provisional government in Russia
Kerensky
The second leader of the Provisional government in Russia
Lenin returns to Russia from exile in Switzerland
April 1917
St. Petersburg is renamed Petrograd.
1914
The November revolution
The night between the 6th and 7th of November 1917
The Russian Civil War
1918-1921
The Red Terror
September to October 1918 according to Soviet historiography, and 1918-1921 according to many western historians
Lenin dies
1924
NEP is introduced
1921
The first 5 year plan
1927-1932
The assassination of Kirov
1934
The Yeshovshchina
1937-1938
Yeshov
Leader of the NKVD during the Yeshovshchina, 1937-1938
Nikolajev
Kirov's assassin
The new Soviet constitution - when it was decided upon and when it was first applied.
1936 and 1977
The Teheran Conference
1943
The Yalta Conference
February 1945
The Potsdam Conference
July 1945
The bombing of Hiroshima
6th of August 1945
The bombng of Nagasaki
9th of August 1945
The Soviet Union declares war on Japan
10th of August 1945
George F. Kennan
US ambassador in Moscow and author of "the long telegram"
"The long telegram"
1946
The Prague coup
1948
The Berlin Blockade
1948
Kim Il Sung
Soviet-supported leader of North Korea during the war
Syngman Rhee
USA-suported leader of South Korea during the war
The 38th parallel
The border dividing North and South Korea
The North Korean invasion of and advance into South Korea
June-September 1950
The UN/US forces under general MacArthur land at Incheon
15th of September 1950
The UN/US forces cross the 38th parallel
7th of October 1950
Castro overthrows the Batista regime
1959
Stalin dies
1953
Kennedy wins the presidential election
1960
The Invasion of the Bay of Pigs
1961
The Berlin Wall is erected
The night of the 13th of August, 1961
Amrican spy planes discover Soviet launching sites for MRBMs on Cuba
15th of October 1961