Rise of Authoritarian States Timeline
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Updated: 20 Feb 2021
IB HL Asia/Pacific History
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Created byHazel Tepper
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USSR great famine startsRussian RevolutionCHEKA "Red Terror"First Politburo createdNew Economic Policy ImplementedNEP
Trotsky against, wanted rapid industrialization and collectivization
Stalin noncommittal
Bukharin was the most prominant spokesperson for it
scissors crisis, created lots of divisionsLenin banned factions within the partyLenin's deathLenin's Death
Widespread grieving, many saw him
as a savior/father figure, but power
struggle began immediately
Stalin portrayed himself as a disciple of Lenin
Told Trotsky the wrong funeral date
Made sure Lenin's (negative) will wasn't readPublic trials of the
Moscow clergy and
SRsPlatt AgreementCuban-American Treaty of RelationsTreaty of Relations
Intended to preserve peace, but didn’t, as people wanted an end to US intervention rather than a renewal
Led to more opposition to the US, which helped Castro gain powerSugar Act of 1948Moncada Barracks AttackMoncada
“History Will Absolve Me” speech, very popular.
The Moncada was seen as a wake-up call for
the Cuban people.26th July Movement
Castro Becomes LeaderGranma ExpeditionOperation VeranoBattle of YaguajayStalin appointed editor of chief propaganda organ "Pravda''The ‘Stalin’ ConstitutionStalin Constitution
Opposed by Trotsky
Centrepiece of the ‘cult of Stalin’
Used by Mao and the CCP
Basis of regimes in central and Eastern Europe
after World War II1st FYP
planning was ineffective and unrealistic, failed to reach goals
Bad for Kulaks and disliked by many peasants,
who killed livestock rather than collectivisingCHEKA (secret poliece) establishedCHEKA becomes NKVDRed Army CreatedTreaty of Brest-LitovskGulags established by Lenin
(Only officially established in April 1930)Gulags used as forced labour camps to drive industrializationStalin's DeathCentral Censorship Office/Glavlit establishedCompulsory Primary Education AdoptedKronstadt risingPurges of the MilitaryCommintern EstablishedUSSR non-aggression pacts
(Latvia, Estonia, Finland, Poland and France)Roosevelt re-established diplomatic relations with the USSRStalin Consolidated Power (in my opinion)kirov's assassinationKhrushchev's Secret Speech publishedSecret Speech
Shocked a lot of people, both party members
and civilians
Started the Sino-Soviet Split - Mao felt
personally attacked, due to his similarities with
StalinCuba's Fundamental Law of the Republic adoptedPeriods
Russia WWI
2 million casualties by 1916
1.5 billion roubles on the Russian war effort
Inflation + taxation
Lack of transport + econ issues -->
bad harvests and near-famine conditions.Stalin's Second Revolution
"Revolution from above"Civil WarGreat Terror
Show TrialsWar communismFirst Five Year PlanSecond Five Year PlanThird Five Year Plan
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