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| 1903 | Bolshevik Party Stalin |  |
| Appointed Member of the Bolsheviks |
| 1904 | Exile of Stalin | |
| Siberia Exiled to Siberia |
| 1912 | Man of Steel | |
| 5th May Losif Vissarionovich Dzhugashvili took the name Stalin, meaning "man of steel" |
| 1917 | All Russian Congress of Soviets of Workers & Sold's Deps | |
| 4th April Stalin takes part in the conference of leading members of the Bolshevik Party and in the joint meeting of Bolshevik and Menshevik delegates to the All-Russian Conference of Soviets where Lenin expounds his April Theses |
| 24th April Lenin and Stalin guide the work of the Seventh All-Russian Conference of the Bolshevik Party |
| 3rd June Stalin attends the sittings of the First All-Russian Congress of Soviets of Workers ' and Soldiers' Deputies |
| 20th June The First All-Russian Congress of Soviets elects Stalin a member of the Central Executive Committee |
| 25th Oct Lenin and Stalin direct the Second All-Russian Congress of Soviets of Workers ' and Soldiers' Deputies |
| 1917 | Central Committee | |
| 3rd Aug Stalin is elected to the Central Committee of the Bolsheviks |
| 1917 | Central Executive Committee | |
| 20th June The First All-Russian Congress of Soviets elects Stalin a member of the Central Executive Committee |
| 1917 | Congress of RSDLP 6th | |
| 26th July Sixth Congress of the RSDLP occurs, representing 240,000 party members, since Lenin is in hiding, Stalin delivers the report on the work of the Central Committee, the Congress resolves that a peaceful revolution has become impossible |
| 1917 | Congress of the Bolshevik Party, 6th | |
| 26th July Stalin and Sverdlov direct the Sixth Congress of the Bolshevik Party |
| 1917 | Election | |
| 23rd Sep The Party Central Committee approves the list of Bolshevik candidates to the Constituent Assembly, which includes Lenin and Stalin |
| 1917 | Exile of Stalin | |
| 3rd Mar Achinsk Stalin, with a group of exiles, leaves Achinsk for Petrograd |
| 12th Mar Turukhansk Released by the February Revolution from exile in Turukhansk, arrives in Petrograd |
| 3rd April Byelo Ostrovation At Byelo-Ostrov Station, Finland Railway, Stalin, Ulyanova and a delegation of Petrograd and Sestroretsk working men and women meet Lenin on his return from exile and accompany him to Petrograd |
| 1917 | October Revolution | |
| 10th Oct Lenin and Stalin attend a meeting of the Party Central Committee where Lenin's resolution on armed insurrection is approved and a 7 man Political Bureau of the CC headed by Lenin and Stalin is setup to direct the uprising |
| 16th Oct A Party Centre, headed by Stalin, is elected to direct the uprising |
| 16th Oct Lenin and Stalin direct an enlarged meeting of the Central Committee of the Bolshevik Party Stalin sharply criticizes the speeches of the traitors Kamenev and Zinoviev on the question of armed insurrection |
| 20th Oct Stalin takes part in the first meeting of the Revolutionary Military Committee of the Petrograd Soviet |
| 24th Oct Lenin and Stalin direct the October armed uprising |
| 25th Oct Lenin and Stalin direct the Second All-Russian Congress of Soviets of Workers ' and Soldiers' Deputies |
| 1917 | Party Organizer | |
| 13th Mar Returns from Siberia & becomes Senior Party Organizer for the Petrograd Soviet |
| 1917 | Petrograd Soviet | |
| 20th Oct Stalin takes part in the first meeting of the Revolutionary Military Committee of the Petrograd Soviet |
| 1917 | Rabochy i Soldat | |
| 4th Aug At a plenary meeting of the Party Central Committee Stalin is appointed editor of Rabochy i Soldat |
| 17th Sep Stalin's article "All Power to the Soviets!" appears in Rabochy Put, No. 13 |
| 1918 | Siege of Tsaritswyn | |
| 13th Aug Tsaritswyn Declares the Siege of Tsaritswyn |
| 1919 | Politburo | |
| Moscow The Politburo is first composed of Lenin, Trotsky, Kamanev, Bukharin & Stalin |
| 1920 | Rev Military Council Stalin | |
| Appointed Member of the Revolutionary Military Council |
| 1921 | Commissar | |
| Appointed Commissar for Nationalities |
| 1922 | Defeat | |
| 13th Jan Stalin signs an instruction of the Revolutionary Military Council of the South-Western Front to the armies of the front for the pursuit of Denikin's armies retreating to the Black Sea ports |
| 1922 | Diplomacy | |
| 16th April A German-Russia treaty is signed in Italy, recognizes the Soviet Union |
| 1922 | General Secretary | |
| Moscow Appointed General Secretary of the CPSU |
| 1922 | Siege of Donbas | |
| 10th Jan Donbas Stalin signs an order of the day of the Revolutionary Military Council of the Southern Front congratulating the armies of the front on the defeat of Denikin's armies and the capture of the Donbas and Rostov |
| 1922 | Siege of Kiev | |
| 3rd June Kiev Stalin signs an instruction of the Revolutionary Military Council of the South-Western Front to the Commander of the First Cavalry Army to demolish the Kiev group of the Polish armies |
| 1922 | Siege of Odessa | |
| 31st May Odessa Stalin signs an instruction of the Revo-lutionary Military Council of the South-Western Front to the Command of the Thirteenth and Fourteenth Armies on measures for the defense of Odessa |
| 1922 | Siege of Rostov | |
| 3rd Jan Rostov Stalin signs an instruction of the Revolutionary Military Council of the Southern Front to the armies of the front for the capture of Rostov |
| 10th Jan Rostov Stalin informs Lenin of the capture of Rostov by Budyonny's Cavalry |
| 10th Jan Rostov Stalin signs an order of the day of the Revolutionary Military Council of the Southern Front congratulating the armies of the front on the defeat of Denikin's armies and the capture of the Donbas and Rostov |
| 1922 | Treaty of Russia Germany | |
| 16th April A German-Russia treaty is signed in Italy, recognizes the Soviet Union |
| 1923 | Alliance | |
| Moscow The government supports the KMT led by Sun Yat-sen |
| 1923 | Diplomacy | |
| Moscow The government supports the KMT led by Sun Yat-sen & forms an alliance |
| 1924 | Constitution | |
| Eliminates the opposition of Trotsky, Kamanev, Bukharin & Rykov |
| 1925 | Capture of Don Basin | |
| Don Basin Captures the Don Basin from the Ukraine |
| 1925 | Capture of Kuban | |
| Kuban Captures the Kuban from the Ukraine |
| 1925 | Dismissal | |
| Moscow Removes Trotsky as Commissar of War |
| Moscow Stalin's "Socialism in one country" conflicts with Trotsky's "Permanent Revolution" |
| 1926 | Diplomacy | |
| 24th April Berlin Berlin treaty of friendship & neutrality between Germany & Russia |
| 1926 | Dismissal | |
| 23rd Oct Moscow Has Trotsky ousted from the Politburo |
| 23rd Oct Moscow Has Zinoviev ousted from the Politburo |
| 1926 | Treaty of Friendship | |
| 24th April Berlin Berlin treaty of friendship & neutrality between Germany & Russia |
| 1927 | Conference of Communist Party | |
| 26th Oct Describes the opposition as a "combination of castrated forces" |
| 26th Oct The opposition is not allowed to speak |
| 1927 | Diplomacy | |
| 27th May Britain severs diplomatic relations with Russia |
| 14th Dec China & Russia break off diplomatic relations |
| 1927 | Economy | |
| Dec The 1st 5 yr plan is promised by the Communist Party |
| 1927 | Exile of Stalin | |
| 6th Jan Oppositionists including Trotsky are exiled by Stalin |
| 9th Jan Has Trotsky exiled |
| 1927 | Expulsion Opposition | |
| Moscow At the Fifteenth Congress expels 75 of the Opposition & 18 Democratic Centrists |
| Moscow Expels all opposition from the International during a Comintern Executive meeting |
| 1927 | Expulsion Trotsky | |
| 12th Nov Trotsky is expelled from the Communist Party, leaving Stalin in undisputed control |
| 1927 | Five Year Plan | |
| Dec The 1st 5 yr plan is promised by the Communist Party |
| 1927 | Plenum Central Committee | |
| 25th Oct Moscow Decides to break the truce with the internal Communist Party opposition |
| 1928 | Diplomacy | |
| Moscow Meets the Chinese Communist Party Leaders to exercise his influence over them |
| 1928 | Economy | |
| 1st Oct Breaks with the New Economic Policy & introduces 5 yr plans |
| 1928 | Five Year Plan, 1st | |
| 1st Oct Moscow Detailed plans for food production are laid down by Gosplan |
| 1st Oct Moscow Peasants are forced to join collectives or state farms |
| 1st Oct Moscow Replaces the New Economic Policy with the 1st 5 Year Plan, the market is eliminated |
| 1st Oct Moscow The "Plan Era" of 5 year economic plans lasts from 1928-1939 |
| Dec Moscow The slogan "The five year plan" in 4 years is adopted as quotas are revised upwards |
| 1928 | Pact | |
| 27th Aug Paris 65 states including Russia & the USA sign the Kellog-Briand Pact |
| 27th Aug Paris War is outlawed & disputes must be settled peacefully |
| 1928 | Purge | |
| At the "Industrial Party" trial many are charged with foreign industrial espionage |
| Feb 50 engineers are charged with wrecking & espionage |
| 1929 | Congress of CP, 15th | |
| The NEP is replaced by a 5 yr plan at the 15th Party Congress |
| 1929 | Diplomacy | |
| 3rd Oct Britain & Russia resume diplomatic relations |
| 1929 | Economy | |
| Kulaks respond to increased collectivization by reducing output & slaughtering stock |
| The NEP is replaced by a 5 yr plan at the 15th Party Congress |
| 1929 | Exile of Stalin | |
| 16th Jan Stalin's proposal to exile Trotsky from Russia is accepted by the Politburo |
| 31st Jan Exiles Trotsky & Zinoviev marking the end of legal opposition in the party |
| 31st Jan Exiles Trotsky & Zinoviev, marks the end of legal opposition in the party |
| 31st Jan Has Trotsky exiled to Turkey |
| 1929 | Expulsion Bukharin | |
| Expels Bukharin from the CP for opposition to industrialization & collectivization |
| 1929 | Expulsion Rykov | |
| Expels Rykov from the CP for opposition to industrialization & collectivization |
| 1929 | Expulsion Tomsky | |
| Expels TU leader Tomsky for opposition to industrialization & collectivization |
| 1929 | Five Year Plan, 2nd | |
| The NEP is replaced by a 5 yr plan at the 15th Party Congress |
| 1929 | Opposition | |
| Jan Moscow The word "opposition" is no longer used |
| 1929 | Pact | |
| Forestalls a possible formation of an anti-Soviet front by the Kellogg Pact states |
| 1929 | Protocol Litvinov | |
| 9th Feb The Litinow Pprotocol, a non-aggression pact between Russia, Romania, Poland Lithuania and Estonia |
| 1929 | Purge | |
| Expels the "right opposition" ftom the CP |
| 1929 | Treaty of East European | |
| Forestalls a possible formation of an anti-Soviet front by the Kellogg Pact states |
| 1929 | Writer's Union | |
| Founds a conformist Writer's Union |
| 1930 | Collectivization Farms | |
| 3rd Jan Collectivizes all farms in Russia |
| 1930 | Dismissal | |
| Rykov is dismissed by Stalin for opposing his policies |
| 1930 | Economy | |
| 3rd Jan Collectivizes all farms in Russia |
| Mar Publishes letter in "Pravda", "Dizzy with Success" |
| 1930 | Purge | |
| 26th June Moscow Announces his murderous purges are "purifying the Soviet Union" |
| 1930 | Strike | |
| 4th Aug Odessa Russian troops kill 200 strikers in Odessa |
| 1931 | Famine | |
| As a result of collectivization there is widespread harvest failure |
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