Topic summary
History of the Soviet Union (1927–1953)
Joseph Stalin led the Soviet Union during the era.
The Great Purge
Holodomor
Kazakh Famine
Spanish Civil War
Polish Operation of the NKVD
World War II
Occupation of the Baltic states
Winter War
Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact
Great Patriotic War
Population transfer in the Soviet Union
Anglo-Soviet invasion of Iran
Battle of Berlin
Soviet invasion of Manchuria
Chinese Civil War
1944 Bulgarian coup d'état
Division of Korea
Division of Germany
Turkish Straits crisis
1948 Czechoslovak coup d'état
1948 Arab–Israeli War
Berlin Blockade
Tito–Stalin split
Korean War
Death and state funeral of Joseph Stalin
862–1240: Ancient Rus'
1240–1547: Appanage Russia
1547–1917: Tsarist Russia
1917–1922: Russian Revolution
1922–1991: Soviet Russia
- NEP • Cultural revolution • Korenization • Stalinism • Collectivization • Industrialization • Gulag • Great Purge • Great Patriotic War • Cold War • Warsaw Pact • Comecon • Crimea
transfer • Era of Stagnation • Afghan War • Perestroika • Chernobyl disaster • Karabakh
War • Parade of sovereignties (War of Laws)
1991–present: Post-Soviet Russia
- August Coup • Belavezha Accords • Alma-Ata
Protocol • USSR dissolution • CIS • "Near
abroad" • Constitutional crisis • Privatization • CSTO • Chechen wars (1st • 2nd) • Oligarchy • Putinism • Five-Days War • Presidential terms
amendments • Eurasian Economic Union • Annexation of Crimea • War in Donbas • 2020 amendments • Invasion of Ukraine (Prelude • Mass emigration • Debt default • Sanctions • Mobilization • 2022 annexation)