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| 1906 | Birth |  |
| 19th Dec Moscow Born Dneprodzerzhinsk, son of working class parents |
| 1931 | Communist Party | |
| Moscow Appointed Member of the Communist Party in Russia |
| 1943 | Major | |
| Appointed Major-General |
| 1947 | First Secretary | |
| Moscow Appointed First Secretary of the Dnepropetrovsk Region |
| 1950 | First Secretary | |
| Moscow Appointed First Secretary of the Moldavia Region |
| 1952 | Central Committee | |
| Appointed Member of the Central Committee |
| 1952 | Secretary Central Committee | |
| Appointed Secretary of the Central Committee |
| 1957 | Politburo | |
| Moscow Appointed Member of the Politburo |
| 1960 | Chairman Presidium | |
| Moscow Appointed Chairman of the Presidium of the USSR Supreme Soviet, Head of State |
| 1960 | Head of State | |
| Moscow Appointed Head of State for Russia |
| 1960 | President | |
| Appointed President of Russia |
| 1960 | State President | |
| Moscow Appointed ceremonial state representative |
| 1961 | Nuclear Warfare | |
| 21st Mar Geneva During talks on test bans calls for a veto over inspections to verify compliance |
| 21st Mar During talks on test bans calls for a veto over inspections to verify compliance |
| 1964 | Chairman Presidium | |
| Moscow Appointed Chairman of the Presidium of the USSR Supreme Soviet, Head of State |
| 1964 | Constitution | |
| 14th Oct The Central Committee decides First Secretary Prime Minister must be separate |
| 1964 | First Secretary | |
| 14th Oct Moscow Appointed First Secretary of the Communist Party |
| 1964 | Plenum Central Committee | |
| 14th Oct Moscow The Central Committee decides First Secretary Prime Minister must be separate |
| 1966 | Council National Economy | |
| The 105 economic units & Council of the National Economy, Sovnarkhozes , are abolished |
| 1966 | General Secretary | |
| Moscow Appointed General Secretary of the Soviet Communist Party |
| 1966 | Sovnarkhozes | |
| The 105 economic units & Council of the National Economy, Sovnarkhozes , are abolished |
| 1967 | Conference of Geneva | |
| 21st Feb Geneva The 18 nation disarmament conference re-opens in Geneva |
| 1967 | Diplomacy | |
| 6th Mar Delhi Stalin's daughter, Svetlana Alliluyeva, requests asylum at the USAEmbassy |
| 1967 | Exile of Brezhnev | |
| 6th Mar Delhi Stalin's daughter, Svetlana Alliluyeva, requests asylum at the USAEmbassy |
| 1968 | Arrest | |
| 20th Aug Dubcek, who had been arrested on the night of August 20, ss taken to Moscow for negotiations, it was agreed that Dubcek would remain in office and that a program of moderate reform would continue |
| 20th Aug Soviet forces arrest reform leaders, end of "socialism with a human face" |
| 1968 | Brezhnev Doctrine | |
| 3rd Aug Bratislava The policy of Russia to demand socialist governments of its Satellite states wihin the "Eastern Bloc" (through military force if needed) becomes known as the Brezhnev Doctrine |
| 1968 | Declaration of Bratislava | |
| 3rd Aug Bratislava In the Bratislava Declaration Russia expresses its intention to intervene in a Warsaw Pact country if a "bourgeois" system-a pluralist system of several political parties is ever established |
| 3rd Aug Bratislava Representatives from Russia, East Germany, Poland, Hungary, Bulgaria, and Czechoslovakia meet in Bratislava and sign the Bratislava Declaration |
| 3rd Aug Bratislava The Bratislava Declaration ffirms unshakable fidelity to Marxism-Leninism & proletarian internationalism & declares an implacable struggle against "bourgeois" ideology and all "antisocialist" forces |
| 3rd Aug Bratislava The policy of Russia to demand socialist governments of its Satellite states wihin the "Eastern Bloc" (through military force if needed) becomes known as the Brezhnev Doctrine |
| 1968 | Diplomacy | |
| Moscow The Brezhnev Doctrine is used to interfere in the affairs of the Warsaw Pact |
| 2nd Sep Moscow Russia tells West Germany to stop exerting itself in East Europe & hints at invasion |
| 1968 | Doctrine Brezhnev | |
| Moscow Entitles the Soviet Union to interfere in the affairs of the Warsaw Pact |
| 3rd Aug Bratislava The policy of Russia to demand socialist governments of its Satellite states wihin the "Eastern Bloc" (through military force if needed) becomes known as the Brezhnev Doctrine |
| 1968 | Invasion of Czech | |
| 16th Aug A Politburo passes a resolution to "provide help to the Communist Party and people of Czechoslovakia through military force" |
| 20th Aug At the 14th KSC Party Congress (conducted secretly, immediately following the intervention), it was emphasised that no member of the leadership had invited Russian intervention |
| 20th Aug Moscow End of "socialism with a human face" |
| 20th Aug The Soviet Press prints an unsigned request, allegedly by Czechoslovak party and state leaders, for "immediate assistance, including assistance with armed forces" |
| 21st Aug Eastern Bloc armies from 5 Warsaw Pact countries invaded the CSSR, Russian tanks ranging in number from 5,000 to 7,000 fill the streets, followed by Warsaw Pact troops ranging from 200,000 to 600,000 |
| 1968 | Prague Spring | |
| June Brezhnev and the leadership of the Warsaw Pact countries are concerned about Dubcek's reforms, which they fear weaken the position of the Communist Bloc during the Cold War |
| June Russia agrees with Czechoslovakia to withdraw their troops (still stationed in Czechoslovakia since the June maneuvers) and permit the September 9 Party Congress |
| 3rd Aug Bratislava At a Warsaw Pact meeting, Brezhnev announces intervention will go ahead August 20, and asks for "fraternal support", which leaders of Bulgaria, East Germany, Hungary & Poland offer |
| 3rd Aug Bratislava In the Bratislava Declaration Russia expresses its intention to intervene in a Warsaw Pact country if a "bourgeois" system-a pluralist system of several political parties is ever established |
| 3rd Aug Bratislava Representatives from Russia, East Germany, Poland, Hungary, Bulgaria, and Czechoslovakia meet in Bratislava and sign the Bratislava Declaration |
| 3rd Aug Bratislava The Bratislava Declaration ffirms unshakable fidelity to Marxism-Leninism & proletarian internationalism & declares an implacable struggle against "bourgeois" ideology and all "antisocialist" forces |
| 16th Aug A Politburo passes a resolution to "provide help to the Communist Party and people of Czechoslovakia through military force" |
| 20th Aug Dubcek, who had been arrested on the night of August 20, ss taken to Moscow for negotiations, it was agreed that Dubcek would remain in office and that a program of moderate reform would continue |
| 20th Aug The Soviet Press prints an unsigned request, allegedly by Czechoslovak party and state leaders, for "immediate assistance, including assistance with armed forces" |
| 21st Aug Eastern Bloc armies from 5 Warsaw Pact countries invaded the CSSR, Russian tanks ranging in number from 5,000 to 7,000 fill the streets, followed by Warsaw Pact troops ranging from 200,000 to 600,000 |
| 1969 | Diplomacy | |
| River Ussuri 30 Soviet soldiers are killed in one clash on a small uninhabited island in the Ussuri River, the roots of the dispute lay in Chinese claims to parts of the eastern Soviet Union relinquished by the Chinese under the "the Unequal Treaties" |
| 1969 | Treaty of Nuclear Non Proliferation | |
| The United States and the Soviet Union signed the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, which pledges the two nations not to divulge information that would allow additional countries to build nuclear weapons |
| 1970 | Nuclear Warfare | |
| 5th Mar The Non-Proliferation Treaty enters into force |
| 12th April Bay of Biscay The Soviet nuclear submarine K-8 sinks in the Bay of Biscay, killing 53 crew members |
| 1970 | SALT | |
| 16th April Vienna The main rounds of Strategic Arms Limitation Talks (SALT) open in Vienna |
| 1970 | Treaty of Nuclear Non Proliferation | |
| 5th Mar The Non-Proliferation Treaty enters into force |
| 1971 | Demonstrations | |
| 10th Mar Moscow Jews demanding emigration occupy offices of the Supreme Soviet |
| 1971 | Nuclear Warfare | |
| 11th Feb The Treaty on the Prohibition of the Emplacement of Nuclear Weapons and Other Weapons of Mass Destruction on the Seabed and the Ocean Floor and in the Subsoil Thereof is signed in Washington, Moscow and London |
| 30th Sep Agreement on Measures to Reduce the Risk of Outbreak of Nuclear War Between the U.S. and USSR is signed in Washington and enters into force |
| 1971 | Treaty of Prohibition of Emplacement of Nuclear Weapons | |
| 11th Feb The Treaty on the Prohibition of the Emplacement of Nuclear Weapons and Other Weapons of Mass Destruction on the Seabed and the Ocean Floor and in the Subsoil Thereof is signed in Washington, Moscow and London |
| 1971 | Treaty of Reduction of the Risk of Outbreak of Nuclear War | |
| 30th Sep Agreement on Measures to Reduce the Risk of Outbreak of Nuclear War Between the U.S. and USSR is signed in Washington and enters into force |
| 1972 | Comecon | |
| Moscow Cuba joins the Comecon |
| 1972 | Diplomacy | |
| Egypt expels 15,000 Russian advisers after Russia refuses it military technology |
| Egypt expels 15,000 Russian advisers after Russia refuses military technology |
| 22nd May Moscow Brezhnev & Nixon sign the Basic Principles of Relations |
| 22nd May Moscow Meets Richad Nixon in Moscow |
| 1972 | Expulsion Russian Diplomats | |
| Egypt expels 15,000 Russian advisers after Russia refuses military technology |
| 1972 | Nuclear Warfare | |
| May Moscow Signs a SALT agreement while Nixon is in Moscow |
| May Signs a SALT agreement while Nixon is in Moscow |
| 26th May 1st round of Strategic Arms Limitation Talks (SALT I ) ends with President Nixon and General Secretary Brezhnev signing the Anti-Ballistic Missile (ABM) Treaty & the SALT Accord and the Interim Agreement on Strategic Offensive Arms |
| 3rd Oct The Anti-Ballistic Missile (ABM) Treaty enters into force |
| 1972 | SALT | |
| 26th May 1st round of Strategic Arms Limitation Talks (SALT I ) ends with President Nixon and General Secretary Brezhnev signing the Anti-Ballistic Missile (ABM) Treaty & the SALT Accord and the Interim Agreement on Strategic Offensive Arms |
| 1972 | Treaty of ABM | |
| 26th May 1st round of Strategic Arms Limitation Talks (SALT I ) ends with President Nixon and General Secretary Brezhnev signing the Anti-Ballistic Missile (ABM) Treaty & the SALT Accord and the Interim Agreement on Strategic Offensive Arms |
| 26th May The ABM Treaty provides that the United States and Soviet Union may each have only two ABM deployment areas, which are restricted and located in such a way that they cannot provide the basis for a nationwide ABM defense |
| 3rd Oct The Anti-Ballistic Missile (ABM) Treaty enters into force |
| 1972 | Treaty of Interim Agreement on Strategic Offensive Arms | |
| 26th May 1st round of Strategic Arms Limitation Talks (SALT I ) ends with President Nixon and General Secretary Brezhnev signing the Anti-Ballistic Missile (ABM) Treaty & the SALT Accord and the Interim Agreement on Strategic Offensive Arms |
| 1973 | Ceasefire | |
| 24th Oct Brezhnev calls upon the USA to help Russia impose the UN cease-fire |
| 24th Oct Russia threatens a cease-fire without the USA, the USA issues a nuclear alert |
| 1973 | Nuclear Warfare | |
| 22nd June The Agreement between the United States and the Soviet Union on the Prevention of Nuclear War enters into force, the major policy objectives are "to remove the danger of nuclear war and the use of nuclear weapons" |
| 24th Oct Russia threatens a cease-fire without the USA, the USA issues a nuclear alert |
| 26th Oct The USA lifts it's nuclear alert |
| 1974 | Nuclear Warfare | |
| 3rd July Moscow The Threshold Test Ban Treaty (TTBT) , the Treaty limits nuclear test explosion to under 150 kilotons (over ten times the yield of the Hiroshima bomb) |
| 3rd July The United States and the Soviet Union agree to the Protocol to the Anti-Ballistic Missile Agreement, which limits ABM deployment to a single area |
| 23rd Nov President Gerald Ford and General Secretary Leonid Brezhnev sign the Vladivostok Accord, which establishes a framework for future Strategic Arms Limitation Talks (SALT II) between the United States and the Soviet Union |
| 1975 | Diplomacy | |
| 17th July Apollo 18 and Soyuz 19 make 1st US/U.S.S.R. linkup in space |
| 1975 | Treaty of Helsinki | |
| 1st Aug Helsinki Signs the Helsinki Final Act |
| 1976 | Congress of XXV | |
| 24th Feb Moscow Says Russia will seek detente but not abandon the struggle against capitalism |
| 1976 | Diplomacy | |
| 24th Feb Moscow Says Russia will seek detente but not abandon the struggle against capitalism |
| 14th Mar Moscow Egypt abrogates the 1971 Treaty of friendship & cooperation with Russia |
| 1976 | Status Brezhnev | |
| Moscow Brezhnev is hailed in the press as "vozhd", supreme leader, used for Lenin & Stalin |
| 1977 | Chairman Presidium | |
| 16th June Moscow Appointed Chairman of the Presidium of the USSR Supreme Soviet, Head of State |
| 1977 | Constitution | |
| The Supreme Soviet is made the supreme legislative body |
| 1977 | President | |
| Appointed President of Russia |
| 1978 | Arrest | |
| 27th April Moscow 5 prominent dissidents are released & flown to the United State |
| 1978 | Diplomacy | |
| Moscow Vietnam joins the Comecon |
| 1978 | Emigration | |
| Moscow A record 51,320 Jews are allowed to emigrate |
| 1979 | Assassination | |
| 27th Dec Kabul A broadcast from a facility in Soviet Uzbekistan announces that the execution of Hafizullah Amin was carried out by the AfghanRevolutionary Central Committee |
| 27th Dec Kabul At 7:15, the storm of Tajbeg Palace begins, with the clear objective to depose or kill President Hafizullah Amin, the operation ends with the death of Amin, and lasted 45 minutes |
| 1979 | Invasion of Afghanistan | |
| Dec According to the Soviet Politburo they were complying with the 1978 Treaty of Friendship, Cooperation and Good Neighborliness that former President Taraki had signed |
| 24th Dec Intended as a quick operation to restore a pro-Soviet regime in Kabul |
| 24th Dec Russia invade Afghanistan, claiming to have been invited by President Amin |
| 24th Dec Sends in 100,000 men in 8 armoured Divs & 2 parachute battalions |
| 24th Dec Within 1 week the Russian army controls the major cities & government |
| 27th Dec Kabul 700 troops, including 54 KGB spetsnaz special forces troops from the Alpha Group and Zenith Group, dressed in Afghanuniforms occupied major governmental, military and media buildings in Kabul |
| 27th Dec Kabul At 7:15, the storm of Tajbeg Palace begins, with the clear objective to depose or kill President Hafizullah Amin, the operation ends with the death of Amin, and lasted 45 minutes |
| 27th Dec Kabul The operation begins at 7:00 P.M., when the Soviet spetsnaz (Zenith Group) blows up Kabul's communications hub, paralyzing Afghani military command |
| 28th Dec Termez The Soviet military command at Termez, in Soviet Uzbekistan, announces on Radio Kabul that Afghanistan had been liberated from Amin's rule |
| 1979 | Siege of Kabul | |
| 27th Dec Kabul 700 troops, including 54 KGB spetsnaz special forces troops from the Alpha Group and Zenith Group, dressed in Afghanuniforms occupied major governmental, military and media buildings in Kabul |
| 1979 | Siege of Tajbeg Palace | |
| 27th Dec Kabul At 7:15, the storm of Tajbeg Palace begins, with the clear objective to depose or kill President Hafizullah Amin, the operation ends with the death of Amin, and lasted 45 minutes |
| 1979 | Treaty of Friendship, Cooperation and Good Neighborliness | |
| Dec According to the Soviet Politburo they were complying with the 1978 Treaty of Friendship, Cooperation and Good Neighborliness that former President Taraki had signed |
| 1980 | Bombing of Panjshir Valley | |
| Panjshir Valley Russia bombs the Panjshir Valley against the Mujahidin, a policy of "rubleisation" |
| 1980 | Invasion of Afghanistan | |
| The UN General Assembly votes by 104 to 18 with 18 abstentions for a resolution which "strongly deplores" the "recent armed intervention" in Afghanistan and calls for the "total withdrawal" |
| 17th April The USAState Dept discloses 8,000 Soviet troops have been killed or wounded |
| 1st May Russia's May Day parade is boycotted by Ambassadors of 15 countries |
| 1980 | Martial Law | |
| 22nd Feb Moscow Martial Law is declared in Kabul as resistence to Soviet occupation increases |
| 1980 | United Nations | |
| The UN General Assembly votes by 104 to 18 with 18 abstentions for a resolution which "strongly deplores" the "recent armed intervention" in Afghanistan and calls for the "total withdrawal" |
| 1981 | Nuclear Warfare | |
| 17th July Semipalitinsk Russia performs nuclear tests at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk |
| 1982 | Death | |
| 10th Nov Moscow Death of Leonoid Ilych Brehznev, age 75 |
| 1982 | Invasion of Afghanistan | |
| Informal negotiations get underway for a Soviet withdrawal from Afghanistan |
