Russia+1930-1940

Time Line

In 1931 The soviet government demolishes the __Christ the Savior Cathedral__

Which is located in central moscow a few minutes from the Kremlin. The church was reconstructed starting in 1990 and was finished in 200 it cost a total of around 300 million dollars to rebuild ( [|Овчинникова] ).



In 1932 stalin's first five year plan ended in 1932 and it was not a sucessful as stalin wanted it to be.Each plan set a target which industries had to meet and each factory had a target as well unfortunately for stalin the target were way too unrealistic and were not met but improvements were made to strengthen the industry (Trueman, Chris).

in 1933 Stalin introduced this second Five Year Plans. This brought all industry under state control once again and all industrial development was planned by the state. The state would decide what would be produced and how much of it will be produced (Trueman, Chris). Also Vyacheslav Menzhinsky the chairman of the OGPU health declined and he had died. his deputy Genrikh Yagoda took over in his place.

In 1934 the OGPU was transformed into the GUGB (Chief Directorate of State Security) which was transformed into the new All-Union NKVD. Under Stalin the NKVD was transformed in 1934 for the initial purpose of being both the standard public police/militia and the Soviet secret/political police(Valcourt).

In 1935 the miner Aleksej Stakhanov becomes a Soviet hero for his amazing productivity

94% of agricultural land has been collectivized while famine is killing millions

The Soviet Union declares that the fascist states of Germany and Japan are the enemies(A Timeline of Russia).

In 1936 the first show trial against communist leaders is held in Moscow (the defendants "confess") Stalin writes an article in the Pravda that attacks Shostakovic's opera "Lady Macbeth", the beginning of the anti-formalist campaign(A Timeline of Russia)

in 1937 2.5 million Soviet citizens are arrested and 700,000 are executed during the "great purges"

(A Timeline of Russia)

in 1938 Nicholas Bukharin "confesses" treason at a show trial the communist regime of Mongolia destroys 900 temples and kills thousands of Buddhists

The poet Mandelstam commits suicide (A Timeline of Russia)

in 1939 Laurenti Beria becomes head of the secret police

The Soviet Union and Japan fight a border war at Nomonhan that leaves 18 thousand Japanese dead

Stalin and Hitler sign a non-aggression pact including the partition of Poland (and assigns the Baltic states to the Soviet Union)

 World War II begins with the invasion of Poland by Germany

Soviet troops invade eastern Poland

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline;">Russian aviator Igor Sikorsky invents the helicopter (A Timeline of Russia)

Essay C.C.C.P Сою́з Сове́тских Социалисти́ческих Респу́блик (U.S.S.R) 1930-1940. Stalin was in power of the C.C.C.P Communist party in 1930-1940 and longer. He became in power after the leader and one of the main creator of the C.C.C.P Vladimir Lenin died on January 21 1924. Although he was not fully in charge and had many consultants he was the main leader. Before then he was the general secretary of the Communist party. The government was controlled by the Communist party which was brought into power in late 1917 when a revolution to place in Petrograd (St.Petersburg/Leningrad) led by Vladimir Lenin (Marx).Stalin had many goals as the ruler of the C.C.C.P his biggest was the Five year plan.Stalin introduced the Five Year Plans which brought all industry under the control of the state and all industrial development was planned by the state. With this the state would decide what would be produced how much of it would be produced and where it should be produced. Stalin also created Gosplan, an organization which was created to plan all this out. The first five year plan was from 1928 to 1932.The second five year plan was from 1933 to 1937.The third five year plan was from 1938 to 1941 when it was interrupted by the outbreak of WWII in the C.C.C.P. Each plan set a target which industries had to be met. Each factory was set a target that had to be met. The targets were completely outrageous and unrealistic that even still today it may not be accomplished but vast improvements were made in the industries in the C.C.C.P(Trueman, Chris). The focus was on heavy industries such as coal, oil, iron, steel, and electricity which would provide the building blocks for the growing of the nation. This did not really contribute to the start of WWII but it helped when Nazi Germany invaded Russia in the summer of 1941. With the help of Stalin’s five year plan the C.C.C.P was more industrialized and could produce masses of tanks and artillery support. It also helped that since Russia had such a great population it had troops at the disposal to push back the Germans and reclaim the land that had been lost and to take Berlin. But one factor changed it for Russia not the troops or the tanks but General Winter himself. Just like napoleon’s army the Germans froze from the cold temperature and were seriously weaken so then the Russian could push them out of russia and all the back to Germany to Berlin and take the Reichstag for RUSSIA. The build up of industry did not affect the United States in many ways but it was the communist factor that did. Since the C.C.C.P was a communist country the U.S.A was afraid that they would try to spread communism threw the west and the American people. This is why the Palmer Raids and the Red Scare took place in the U.S.A. To stop the spread of Communism in America. But <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline;">On Nov. 16, 1933, at 10 minutes before midnight, the United States and the Soviet Union established diplomatic relations. President Franklin D. Roosevelt sent a telegram to the Soviet leader Maxim Litvinov, expressing hope that United States-Soviet relations would “forever remain normal and friendly.”(Nov.16). In the end Russia became an Allie in the war and fought with the U.S.A and the rest of the allies. This is where Stalin and the soviet leaders are buried behind the Kremlin wall As Well as Yuri Gagarin

Victory park in Moscow Russia a monument to the soviet cities and people that died defending the Mother Land

This is the spot where the October revolution first started

Lenin's mausoleum is where he is buried today and his body is on display for free to the public

I am wearing the hat and holding the gun of an NKVD Officer or the first secret police in The Soviet Union

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