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| 1894 | Birth |  |
| Birth of Nikita Sergeyevich Khruschev |
| 1918 | Communist Party | |
| Appointed Member of the Communist Party |
| 1929 | Education | |
| Moscow Sent by his local party to the Stalin Indus trial Academy |
| 1934 | Central Committee | |
| Moscow Appointed Member of the Central Committee |
| 1934 | Conference of Congress | |
| Describes Stalin as "our genius leader" |
| 1939 | Lieutenant General | |
| Appointed Lieutenant-General |
| 1939 | Politburo | |
| Moscow Appointed Member of the Politburo, full member |
| 1949 | First Secretary | |
| Moscow Appointed First Secretary of All-Union Central Committee |
| 1953 | Arrest | |
| 26th June Moscow Has Beria arrested for allegedly staging a coup |
| 1953 | Execution of Beria | |
| Dec Moscow Has Beria executed |
| 1953 | First Secretary | |
| 13th Sep Moscow Appointed First Secretary of the CPSU |
| 1953 | Plot | |
| Jan Moscow 9 Russian & 6 Jewish doctors confess to the murder of Andrei Zhdanov |
| 1953 | Secretary | |
| Mar Appointed Secretary of the Party Secretariat, 1 of 5 |
| 1954 | Armament | |
| Russia sells a shipment of arms to Guatemala |
| 1954 | Diplomacy | |
| Khruschev agrees to withdraw Russian troops for Austrian neutrality |
| Russia sells a shipment of arms to Guatemala |
| Sep Beijing Khruschev visits China & concludes a favourable trade agreement to the Chinese |
| 1954 | Neutrality Austria | |
| Khruschev agrees to withdraw Russian troops for Austrian neutrality |
| 1954 | Occupation Austria | |
| Khruschev agrees to withdraw Russian troops for Austrian neutrality |
| 1954 | Reform | |
| 2nd Mar Moscow Launches his "Virgin & Idle Lands" programme to increase sown areas |
| 1955 | Armament | |
| Russia provides major military support to Egypt |
| 1955 | Conference of Geneva | |
| July Geneva Despite a spirit of rapprochement the Geneva Conference is disappointing |
| July Geneva Khruschev rejects Eisenhower's proposals for free flights over Russia & the USA |
| July Geneva Pravda writes about the "spirit of Geneva" & endorses Khruschev's foreign policy |
| July Geneva The 1st postwar East-West summit |
| 1955 | Diplomacy | |
| Agrees Austria will be neutral, neither part of the Eastern bloc nor part of the west |
| Vienna A state treaty is signed with by the 4 occupying powers, Austria remains neutral |
| Goes on a visit to India in order to provide technical & economic assistance |
| Khruschev & Bulganin visit Burma |
| Khruschev & Bulganin visit India |
| Khruschev & Bulganin visit Indonesia |
| Khruschev visits Yugoslavia to "bury the hatchet" with Tito |
| Russia provides major military support to Egypt |
| Russia & Yugoslavia sign a treaty of friendship |
| 25th Jan Moscow Russia declares an end to belligerency with Germany |
| 1955 | Dismissal | |
| Moscow Manages to manoeuvre Malankov from his position as First Secretary |
| 1955 | NATO | |
| May West Germany joins NATO, an obstacle to east-west relations |
| 1955 | Stalinization | |
| Moscow Begins the policy of de-Stalinization |
| 1955 | Treaty of Friendship | |
| Russia & Yugoslavia sign a treaty of friendship |
| 14th May Warsaw 8 Communist countries sign a Treaty of Friendship, Co-operation & Mutual Assistance |
| 1955 | Warsaw Pact Organization | |
| 14th May Warsaw 8 Communist countries sign a Treaty of Friendship, Co-operation & Mutual Assistance |
| 14th May Warsaw Formed after the Allies withdraw from West Germany & admit it into NATO |
| 1956 | Cominform | |
| The Cominform is abolished to improve relations with the West & Yugoslavia |
| 1956 | Congress of CP, 20th | |
| 14th Feb Moscow Makes a speech in closed session demolishing Stalin's supposed infallibility |
| 25th Feb Moscow Denounces Stalin as a criminal & that unreconstructed Stalinists are no better |
| 1956 | Cult of Individual | |
| 30th June Moscow The Central Comm passes a resolution "overcoming the Cult of the Individual" |
| 1956 | Diplomacy | |
| Russia agrees to build medical, sports & educational facilities for Burma |
| Moscow The Cominform is abolished to improve relations with the West & Yugoslavia |
| 22nd April London Khrushchev pays a visit to Elizabeth II |
| 1956 | Plot | |
| Moscow Says that the plot was instigated by Stalin to begin an anti-semitic purge |
| 1956 | Rebellion | |
| Nov Hungary rebels against Russian rule |
| 1956 | Stalinism | |
| 25th Feb Makes a speech denouncing Stalin as a military incompetent, a liar & mass murderer |
| 1957 | Diplomacy | |
| Russia makes USA$100 million worth of aid to Indonesia |
| 7th Jan Moscow Zhou Enlai visits Moscow |
| 1957 | Dismissal | |
| Moscow Dismisses those opposing transferring economic planning from government to party |
| 19th June Moscow The Party Presidium votes to dismiss, but only the Central Committee can do this |
| 4th July Moscow Defeats the "Anti-Party Group" & becomes the undisputed leader of the Soviet Union |
| 1957 | Launch Sputnik | |
| Oct Sputnik is launched |
| 1957 | Rebellion | |
| May A decentralization proposal is adopted |
| 1957 | Reform | |
| Moscow Trans fers economic planning from the government to the party |
| 1958 | Chairman Council of Ministers | |
| Moscow Appointed Chairman of the Council of Ministers |
| 1958 | Conference of Geneva | |
| Geneva The West replies to Russia's ultimatum & tries to negotiate but the time limit expires |
| 1958 | Crisis | |
| Berlin Intends to sign a peace with East Germany ending Allied rights in west Berlin |
| Berlin The West replies to Russia's ultimatum & negotiates in Geneva |
| Nov Berlin Khrushchev issues an ultimatum giving the Western powers 6 months to agree to withdraw from Berlin and make it a free, demilitarized city |
| 1958 | Diplomacy | |
| Moscow Suspends aid to the Chinese nuclear programme |
| 1958 | Nuclear Warfare | |
| Moscow Announces a nuclear test ban for 1 year |
| 1958 | Prime Minister | |
| Appointed Prime Minister of the Soviet Union |
| 1958 | Reform | |
| Dec Moscow The category "enemies of the people" is eliminated |
| 1959 | Campaign Maize | |
| Launches the maize campaign |
| 1959 | Conference of Nuclear Test Ban | |
| Geneva Attends but a treaty is not agreed due to USAopposition, the "big hole" theory |
| Geneva Attends but a Treaty is not agreed due to USAopposition, the "big hole" theory |
| 1959 | Congress of CP, 21st | |
| 21st Party Congress |
| 1959 | Crisis | |
| Berlin Russia withdraws its deadline & instead meets with the Western powers in a Big Four foreign ministers' conference |
| Sep Berlin Khrushchev & Eisenhower stated jointly that the most important issue in the world was general disarmament & Berlin to be resolved by negotiation |
| 1959 | Diplomacy | |
| Peking The Sino-Soviet split becomes public |
| Washington Visits Eisenhower to discuss general foreign policy including Berlin |
| Sep Berlin Khrushchev & Eisenhower stated jointly that the most important issue in the world was general disarmament & Berlin to be resolved by negotiation |
| 1st Oct Criticised in the press for a visit to the USA |
| 1st Oct Peking Visits China for the 10th anniversary of the revolution |
| 1959 | Launch Luna I | |
| 1st Jan 1st unmanned space probe is launched, Luna I |
| 1959 | Nuclear Warfare | |
| Geneva Attends but a Treaty is not agreed due to USAopposition, the "big hole" theory |
| Attends but a Treaty is not agreed due to USAopposition, the "big hole" theory |
| 1960 | Capture of Spy Plane | |
| Moscow Days before an Allied summit the Russians capture a USAU-2 spy plane over Russia |
| 1960 | Conference of Paris | |
| Paris Days before the Allied summit the Russians capture a USAU-2 spy plane over Russia |
| 15th May Paris Demands Eisenhower stop U-2 spying over Russia, Eisenhower refuses |
| 16th May Paris Attends the Allied Summit in Paris |
| 16th May Paris Walks out after demanding an apology from Eisenhower for the U-2 missions over Russia |
| 1960 | Diplomacy | |
| A USAU-2 reconnaissance plane is shot down inside Russia |
| Russia makes USA$250 million worth of aid to Indonesia |
| Russia recognizes Castro's Cuba |
| Moscow Withdraws all Russian aid workers from China |
| 15th May Paris Demands Eisenhower stops U-2 spying over Russia, Eisenhower refuses |
| 1960 | Nuclear Warfare | |
| June Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev pledges support for "wars of national liberation" in an address to the United Nations |
| Dec The Joint Strategic Target Planning Staff complete SIOP 62, plans for the launch of more than 3,000 nuclear weapons, including hundreds of hydrogen bombs, to attack in the first few hours of conflict 1,000 targets in Communist countries |
| 1960 | Treaty of Cuba | |
| Russia signs a treaty with Cuba |
| 1960 | United Nations | |
| June Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev pledges support for "wars of national liberation" in an address to the United Nations |
| 1961 | 1st Man in Space | |
| 1st manned space flight |
| 1961 | Berlin Wall Construction | |
| 14th Aug Moscow The border between East & West is sealed off |
| 17th Aug Moscow Construction of the Berlin Wall begins |
| 1961 | Budget | |
| 8th July Moscow Announces the Defense budget will be increased by 30% |
| 1961 | Burial | |
| 31st Oct Moscow Stalin's body is removed from the Kremlin |
| 1961 | Conference of Vienna | |
| June Vienna Kennedy & Khrushchev meet to avoid direct confrontation between USA & Russia |
| June Vienna Russia & the USA agree to enforce a truce within their areas of influence |
| 1961 | Congress of CP, 21st | |
| 17th Oct Moscow By 1980 "distribution according to need" should be in place |
| 1961 | Congress of CP, 22nd | |
| Oct Moscow Congress votes to remove Stalin's body from the mausoleum on Red Sqr |
| 17th Oct Moscow Proposes a 20 year plan to usher in a communist society |
| 1961 | Constitution | |
| 14th Oct Moscow The Central Committee plenum adopts a new Party programme replacing that of 1919 |
| 1961 | Crisis | |
| Berlin East German President Walter Ulbricht persuaded the Soviets that an immediate solution was necessary & that the only way to stop the exodus was to use force |
| Berlin Overall operations for the construction of the Berlin Wall are directed by Marshal Ivan Konev, commander in chief of the GSFG |
| Moscow Refugees from east Berlin to west Berlin creates a shortage of labour & skills |
| 3rd June Vienna Meets Kennedy & will settle with East Germany if the west signs a peace treaty |
| 12th Aug Moscow The Warsaw Pact calls on East Germany for "protection & control" of the Berlin borders |
| 14th Aug Moscow The border between East & West is sealed off |
| 17th Aug Moscow Construction of the Berlin Wall begins |
| 1961 | Declaration of War | |
| Moscow Announces he intends to support "wars of national liberation" |
| 1961 | Diplomacy | |
| Albania is expelled from the Comecon |
| 1961 | McCloy Zorin | |
| 20th Dec Novaya Zemlya The United Nations General Assembly adopts the McCloy-Zorin Accords |
| 1961 | Nuclear Warfare | |
| 13th Aug East Germans begin building Berlin Wall, precipitating a crisis between Eastern and Western blocs. The Berlin Wall stands for some four decades as a symbol of East-West conflict |
| 28th Aug Moscow Ends the 3 year moratorium on nuclear tests |
| 28th Aug Ends the 3 year moratorium on nuclear tests |
| 20th Sep The United States and the Soviet Union sign a "Joint Statement of Agreed Principles for Disarmament Negotiations ," the McCloy-Zorin Accords |
| 30th Oct Novaya Zemlya A yield of around 50 megatons, the largest nuclear weapon ever detonated |
| 30th Oct Novaya Zemlya The Soviet hydrogen bomb Tsar Bomba is detonated over Novaya Zemlya Island, Arctic Sea |
| 30th Oct The Soviet Union explodes the most powerful bomb ever, a 58 megaton atmospheric nuclear weapons test over Novaya Zemlya off Northern Russia |
| 20th Dec Novaya Zemlya The United Nations General Assembly adopts the McCloy-Zorin Accords |
| 1961 | Reform | |
| May Capital punishment is extended to include economic crime |
| 14th Oct Moscow Defined as a party of the whole people rather than a dictatorship of the proletariat |
| 1961 | United Nations | |
| 20th Dec Novaya Zemlya The United Nations General Assembly adopts the McCloy-Zorin Accords |
| 1961 | Warsaw Pact Organization | |
| Moscow Albania leaves the Warsaw Pact Organization |
| 1962 | COMECON | |
| Mongolia joins the Comecon |
| 1962 | Crisis | |
| Berlin The USA& Russia withdraw their tanks from the Berlin Wall |
| 1962 | Cuban Missile Crisis | |
| San Cristobal A Russian nuclear missile site is built in Cuba |
| Oct Khrushchev agrees to remove the missiles in exchange for a USAcommitment not to invade Cuba & that the USAwill remove American MRBMs targeting Russia from Turkey & Italy |
| Oct Khrushchev wants to locate missiles in Cuba as a deterrent to a USAinvasion & justifies the move in response to USAmissile deployment in Turkey |
| 26th Oct Khruschev sends a letter to Kennedy suggesting that the sites would be dismantled if the United States gave its reassurance that it would not invade Cuba |
| 28th Oct Khruschev announces that the sites would be dismantled, as well as, the removal of light bombers |
| 28th Oct Moscow Khruschev removes the missiles but on the understanding the USA does not invade Cuba |
| 1962 | Diplomacy | |
| Forcred by Kennedy to remove missiles from Cuba |
| Mongolia joins the Comecon |
| Moscow Raul Castro agrees for missiles to be based in Cuba |
| 1962 | Rebellion | |
| June Novocherkassk Public disorder in Novocherkassk |
| 1963 | Diplomacy | |
| Kazakhstan Declares the Kazakhstan experiment a failure & seeks 2 million tons of USAwheat |
| 1963 | Economy | |
| Kazakhstan Declares the Kazakhstan virgin lands a failure & seeks 2 million tons of USAwheat |
| 1964 | Aswan Dam | |
| 14th May Aswan Dam Khruschev opens the Aswan Dam |
| 1964 | Diplomacy | |
| Berlin Wilson & Walker visit Khrushchev but there is disagreement over Berlin |
| Moscow Wilson & Walker visit Khrushchev to reach a "friendly understanding" |
| 12th June Moscow Russia signs a 20 year treaty of fiendship with East Germany |
| 1964 | Dismissal | |
| 14th Oct Moscow Dismissed as First Party Secretary by a Central Committee plenum |
| 1966 | Discovery of Venus | |
| 1st Mar The unmanned Venus 3 touches down on Venus |
