History Thread for “stalin”

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July 25, 1991 Politics

Lazar Kaganovich Dies at Age 97

Lazar Kaganovich (1893–1991), a Soviet politician and close associate of Joseph Stalin, died on July 25, 1991. Born to a Jewish family in Ukraine, Kaganovich held several high-ranking pos...

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August 23, 1939 Wars & Conflicts

German And Soviet Governments Sign Secret Pact To Divide Eastern Europe

Kremlin · Moscow · Russia

The German–Soviet Non-Aggression Pact And Its Secret Protocols On August 23, 1939, the governments of Germany and the Soviet Union signed a non-aggression treaty in Moscow. The...

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November 1, 1932 Wars & Conflicts

Bolshevik Policies Cause Mass Famine Across Soviet Union Including The Holodomor

Soviet-Era Famines Under Bolshevik Rule Between 1930 and 1933, a series of mass famines occurred across the Soviet Union following Bolshevik policies of forced collectivization...

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August 21, 1895 Breaking

Alexander Orlov's crimes in Spain

Bobruisk · Belarus

Alexander Orlov, born Lev Lazarevich Feldbin on 21 August 1895 in Bobruisk, was a Soviet NKVD officer from an Orthodox Jewish family. He later operated under several aliases, including Le...

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Published Research Nations & Civilizations

Albania Breaks With the Soviet Union

1960–1961 — Hoxha rejects Nikita Khrushchev's de-Stalinization and growing Soviet pressure. Relations collapse and Albania turns toward Maoist China for economic and ideological support.

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Lazar Kaganovich Dies at Age 97

German And Soviet Governments Sign Secret Pact To Divide Eastern Europe

Bolshevik Policies Cause Mass Famine Across Soviet Union Including The Holodomor

Alexander Orlov's crimes in Spain

Albania Breaks With the Soviet Union

Albania Breaks With Yugoslavia

Aleksandr Vasilevsky

Battle of Stalingrad Begins

Battle of Stalingrad Begins

Battles Around Rzhev Intensify

Case Blue Begins

Erich von Manstein

Friedrich Paulus

Georgy Zhukov

Georgy Zhukov

German Sixth Army Surrenders

German Strategy Turns Toward Caucasus Oil

Goebbels Calls for 'Total War'

Hitler Refuses Withdrawal From Stalingrad

Joseph Stalin

Joseph Stalin

Joseph Stalin

Konstantin Rokossovsky

Luftwaffe Attempts to Supply Stalingrad by Air

Luftwaffe Bombs Stalingrad

Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact

Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact

Operation Uranus

Operation Uranus Encircles the German Sixth Army

Order No. 227 — 'Not One Step Back'

Potsdam Conference Begins

Soviet Leadership Reframes the Conflict as a Patriotic War

Soviet State Defense Committee

Soviet Victory Creates a New Security Zone in Eastern Europe

Soviets Adopt Scorched-Earth Measures

Stalin Misjudges the Timing of German Attack

Tehran Conference

Tehran Conference

Third Battle of Kharkov

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Warsaw Becomes a Military and Political Crisis

Warsaw Uprising Begins

Wartime Alliance Begins Turning Into Postwar Rivalry

Who Was Responsible for the Stalingrad Disaster?

Why Did Stalin Sign a Pact With Hitler?

Why Did the Warsaw Uprising Fail?

Yalta Conference Begins

Yalta Negotiations Shape Postwar Poland