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| 1st Manned Satellite Gagarin, Yuri Alexeyevich |  |
| 10th April Becomes the 1st man to travel in an Earth satellite, in Sputnik I |
| Ambassador Molotov, Vyacheslav Mikhailovich | |
| Moscow Appointed Ambassador to Mongolia |
| Anti Party Group Voroshilov Voroshilov, Klimenty Efremovich | |
| Moscow Appointed Member of the Anti-Party Group against Khruschev |
| Deputy Chairman Ustinov, Dmitry Fedorovich | |
| Moscow Appointed Deputy Chairman of the USSR Council of Ministers |
| Deputy Prime Minister Kosygin, Aleksei Nikolaevich | |
| Moscow Appointed Deputy Prime Minister of Russia, 2nd term |
| Diplomacy Khruschev, Nikita Sergeyevich | |
Russia makes USA  $100 million worth of aid to Indonesia |
| 7th Jan Moscow Zhou Enlai visits Moscow |
| Dismissal Khruschev, Nikita Sergeyevich | |
| Moscow Dismisses those opposing transferring economic planning fromGovernment 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 |
| Dismissal Malenkov, Georgi Maksimilanovich | |
| Moscow Dismissed, placed in charge of a Kazakhstan power station |
| Invention ICBM Glushko, Valentin Petrovich | |
| Glushko & Korolyov launch the 1st Inter Continental Ballistic Missile |
| Invention ICBM Korolyov, Sergei | |
| Glushko & Korolyov launch the 1st Inter Continental Ballistic Missile |
| Launch Sputnik I Glushko, Valentin Petrovich | |
| Glushko & Korolyov launch the 1st artificial satellite into orbit |
| Launch Sputnik I Korolyov, Sergei | |
| Glushko & Korolyov launch the 1st artificial satellite into orbit |
| Launch Sputnik Khruschev, Nikita Sergeyevich | |
| Oct Sputnik is launched |
| Minister of Defense Malinowsky, Rodion Yakovlevich | |
| Appointed Minister of Defense |
| Politburo Brezhnev, Leonoid Ilych | |
| Moscow Appointed Member of the Politburo |
| Politburo Kozlov, Frol Romanovich | |
| Moscow Appointed Member of the Politburo |
| Prime Minister Kozlov, Frol Romanovich | |
| Appointed Prime Minister of the RFSR |
| Publication Asimov, Isaac | |
| Publication of, "The Naked Sun" |
| Publication Dudinstev, Vladimir Dmitriyevich | |
| Publication of, "Not By Bread Alone", a frank description of the Soviet system |
| Publication Pasternak, Boris Leonidovich | |
| Publication of, "Dr Zhivago", banned in Russia |
| Rebellion Khruschev, Nikita Sergeyevich | |
| May A decentralization proposal is adopted |
| Reform Khruschev, Nikita Sergeyevich | |
| Moscow Transfers economic planning from theGovernment to the party |
