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| Assassination Kirov, Sergei Mironovich |  |
| 1st Dec Leningrad Assassination by Stalin's men is used by Stalin to begin his party purges |
| Assassination Stalin, Joseph | |
| 1st Dec Leningrad The assassination of Kirov sparks off purges in Russia |
| Birth Gagarin, Yuri Alexeyevich | |
| Birth of Yuri Alexeyevich Gagarin |
| Central Committee Beria, Lavrenti Pavlovich | |
| Appointed Member of the Central Committee |
| Central Committee Khruschev, Nikita Sergeyevich | |
| Moscow Appointed Member of the Central Committee |
| Central Committee Kirov, Sergei Mironovich | |
| Moscow Appointed Member of the Central Committee Secretariat |
| Chairman Central Committee Malenkov, Georgi Maksimilanovich | |
| Moscow Appointed Chairman of the Central Committee |
| Commissar Voroshilov, Klimenty Efremovich | |
| Aug Appointed People's Commissar for Defence |
| Conference of Congress Khruschev, Nikita Sergeyevich | |
| Describes Stalin as "our genius leader" |
| Death Kirov, Sergei Mironovich | |
| 1st Dec Leningrad Death of Sergei Mironovich Kirov, assassinated |
| Diplomacy Litvinov, Maxim Maximovich | |
Moscow Agrees a mutually defensive pact with France  |
| Diplomacy Stalin, Joseph | |
16th Feb Tradetreaty signed between Britain  & Russia |
| Editor Bukharin, Nikolai | |
| Moscow Appointed Editor of Izvestiya |
| Head NKVD Yagoda Yagoda, Henrik | |
| Moscow Appointed Head of the NKVD, Secret Police |
| League of Nations Litvinov, Maxim Maximovich | |
| 17th Sep Moscow Russia joins the League of Nations |
| League of Nations Stalin, Joseph | |
| 18th Sep Geneva Russia takes its seat on the Council of the League of Nations |
| 18th Sep Moscow The USSR is admitted into the League of Nations |
| Publication Kerensky, Alexander Fedorovich | |
| Publication of, "The Crucifixion of Liberty" |
| Publication Sholokhov, Mikhail Aleksandrovich | |
| Publication of, "And Quiet Flows the Don" |
| Purge Stalin, Joseph | |
| From 1933-1934 the CP is reduced from 3 1/2 to 2 1/2 million members |
| Kirov's assassin & 13 accomplices are tried & executed |
| Reform Yagoda, Henrik | |
| Moscow Heads a police organization to control the militia, concentration camps & intelligence |
| Treaty of Trade Stalin, Joseph | |
| 16th Feb Tradetreaty signed between Britain & Russia |
| Trial Stalin, Joseph | |
| Kirov's assassin & 13 accomplices are tried & executed |
