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| Arrest of Borodin Borodin, Mikhail Markovich |  |
| Arrested during Stalins anti-Jewish purge |
| Birth of Borzov, Valeri Borzov, Valeri | |
| Sambir Birth of Valeri Borzov |
| Blockade of Berlin Stalin, Joseph | |
| 12th May Berlin Calls off the Berlin Blockade after more than a year |
| 12th May Berlin The Berlin blockade is lifted after 327 days, both sides claim victory |
| Comecon Stalin, Joseph | |
| Moscow Founds the Council for Mutual Economic Assistance to improve Soviet bloc trade |
| Commander East Germany Chuikov, Vassili | |
| Appointed Commander of the Soviet forces og occupation in East Germany |
| Council Ministers Rokossovsky, Konstantin Konstantinovich | |
| Moscow Appointed Vice Chairman of the Council of Ministers in Poland |
| Death of Borodin, Mikhail Markovich Borodin, Mikhail Markovich | |
| Siberia Death of Mikhail Markovich Borodin while under arrest |
| Diplomacy Tse-Tung, Mao |  |
| 1st Oct Peking Russia gives immediate recognition to the People's Republic of China |
| Diplomacy Stalin, Joseph | |
| Moscow Supports the creation of the German Democratic Republic |
| Nov Stalin condemns Tito |
| 16th Dec Moscow Mao Tse-Tung has talks with Stalin in Moscow |
| First Secretary Khruschev Khruschev, Nikita Sergeyevich | |
| Moscow Appointed First Secretary of All-Union Central Committee |
| Independence Tse-Tung, Mao | |
| 1st Oct Peking Russia gives immediate recognition to the People's Republic of China |
| Minister of Defense Rokossovsky, Konstantin Konstantinovich | |
| Appointed Minister of Defence |
| Nuclear Warfare Kurchatov, Igor | |
| Leads Russia succesful campaign to test its own atomic bomb |
| Nuclear Warfare Stalin, Joseph | |
| Russia successfully tests the atomic bomb |
| Politburo Bulganin, Nikolai Aleksandrovich | |
| Moscow Appointed Member of the Politburo |
| Prime Minister Vyshinsky, Andrei | |
| Moscow Appointed Prime Minister of Russia |
| Publication of Gladkov Gladkov, Fyodor Vasilyevich | |
| Publication of, "Povest o detstve" |
| Rebellion Chuikov, Vassili | |
| June Berlin Plays a part in suppressing the Berlin rebellion |
| Resignation of Molotov Molotov, Vyacheslav Mikhailovich | |
| Moscow Resigns as Commissar of Foreign Affairs |
| Unification Germany Stalin, Joseph | |
| 30th May Paris Russia rejects a western plea for German reunification |
