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| Alliance Chuikov, Vassili |  |
| Appointed Military attache to Chiang Kai-shek |
| Alliance Litvinov, Maxim Maximovich | |
| 14th July Moscow Receives the British Ambassador, proposes a triple pact of Britain, France & Russia |
| Arrest of Babel Babel, Isaak Emmanuilovich | |
| May Arrested & accused of spying for France |
| Battle of Khalkin Gol Zhukov, Georgi Konstantinovich | |
| Aug Khalkin Gol Defeats a Japanese force at Khalkin-Gol in Manchuria |
| Battle of Khasan Zhukov, Georgi Konstantinovich | |
| 20th Aug Khasan Defeats the Japanese in their attempt to invade Mongolia |
| Battle of Nomanhan Stalin, Joseph | |
| 31st Aug Nomanhan In 1 day the Japanese suffer 50,000 casulties, their worst ever defeat |
| 31st Aug Nomanhan The Japanese are prevented from making any further incursions into Russian territory |
| Battle of Nomonhan Stalin, Joseph | |
| 31st Aug Nomonhan Defeat by Russia convinces the Japanese that they cannot fight against the Russians |
| Battle of Nomonhan Zhukov, Georgi Konstantinovich | |
| 20th Aug Nomonhan Attacks the Japanese in what began as a series of border skirmishes in May |
| 26th Aug Nomonhan In 4 days 40,000 Japanese & 27,000 Russian soldiers have been killed |
| 26th Aug Nomonhan Russian forces stop their attacks |
| 31st Aug Nomonhan Destroys the IJA forces in & around Nomonhan, 45000 Japanese soldiers were killed |
| Sep Nomonhan After Nomonhan transfers 1700 tanks, 3 cavalry Divs, 15 rifle Divs & 1500 aircraft |
| Sep Nomonhan Victory over Japan at Nomonhan means that Russia does not have to fight a 2 front war |
| Capture of Estonia Stalin, Joseph | |
| 10th Oct Estonia Forced to accept a "mutual assistance" pact with Moscow |
| Capture of Latvia Stalin, Joseph | |
| 10th Oct Latvia Forced to accept a "mutual assistance" pact with Moscow |
| Capture of Lithuania Stalin, Joseph | |
| 10th Oct Lithuania Forced to accept a "mutual assistance" pact with Moscow |
| Capture of Poland Stalin, Joseph | |
| Poland is divided between the Germans & the Russians along the River Bug |
| Russia occupies the eastern zone including Galicia & the Polish Ukraine |
| Capture of Russian Soldiers Kiichiro, Hiranuma |  |
| 5th July Japan publishes pictures of captured Russian soldiers |
| Capture of Vilnyus Stalin, Joseph | |
| 18th Sep Vilnyus The Russians capture Vilnyus |
| Central Committee Budenny, Semyon Mikhaylovich | |
| Appointed Member of the Central Committee |
| Central Committee Bulganin, Nikolai Aleksandrovich | |
| Appointed Membrer of the Central Committee |
| Commander in Chief Zhukov, Georgi Konstantinovich | |
| Appointed Commander-in-Chief |
| Commissar Kosygin, Aleksei Nikolaevich | |
| Moscow Appointed People's Commissar for the Textile Indus try |
| Communist Party SU Andropov Andropov, Yuri Vladimirovich | |
| Moscow Appointed Member of the Communist Party |
| Conference of Bucharest Litvinov, Maxim Maximovich | |
| Bucharest Litvinov's suggestion for a conference is rejected |
| Bucharest Suggests a 4 power conference to defend Rumania after the German invasion of Prague |
| Congress of CP, 18th Stalin, Joseph | |
| Moscow Attacks Britain & France for rejecting collective security due to fear of revolution |
| Moscow Attacks Britain & France for rejecting collective security for fear of revolution |
| Death of Radek, Karl Bernhardovich Radek, Karl Bernhardovich | |
| Death of Karl Bernhardovich Radek, in prison |
| Declaration of War Kiichiro, Hiranuma | |
| Jan Russia & Japan clash on the border between Manchuria & Outer Mongolia |
| Declaration of War Stalin, Joseph | |
| May Russia mobilizes against Japan on the border between Manchuria & Outer Mongolia |
| Defeat Kiichiro, Hiranuma | |
| June The Russian Army defeats the Japanese Army |
| Defeat Japan Stalin, Joseph | |
| June The Russian Army defeats the Japanese Army |
| Defeat KMT Stalin, Joseph | |
| Aug Wipes out the 23rd division of the KMT Army |
| Defence Committee Beria Beria, Lavrenti Pavlovich | |
| Appointed Member of the State Defence Committee |
| Deputy Chair Defence Comm Beria Beria, Lavrenti Pavlovich | |
| Appointed Deputy Chair of the State Committee for Defence |
| Diplomacy Chamberlain, Neville |  |
| May Russia offers a tripartite Alliance with France & Britain |
| Diplomacy Churchill, Winston Leonard Spencer | |
| May Russia offers a tripartite Alliance with France & Britain, Churchill urges acceptence |
| Diplomacy Molotov, Vyacheslav Mikhailovich | |
| 5th Oct A mutual assistance treaty is signed between Russia & Latvia |
| 10th Oct A mutual assistance treaty is signed between Russia & Lithuania |
| 12th Oct Negotiations between Russia & Finland take place for an exchange of territory |
| 6th Nov In a speech, blames the war on capitalism |
| Diplomacy Stalin, Joseph | |
| After Nomonhan the Japanese Foreign Minister visits Russia & signs a neutrality pact |
| Says to the Japanese Foregn Minister, "we are both Asiatics, Japan can now turn south" |
| 14th Mar Protests after German legions move on Prague in contravention of the Munich Agreement |
| May Russia offers a tripartite Alliance with France & Britain |
| 19th Aug At a meeting of the Politbureau Stalin says an Alliance with Germany maybe possible |
| 20th Aug Hitler sends Stalin a telegram pressing for a pact |
| 20th Aug Poland refuses Russia passage, a precondition of an Anglo-Franco-Soviet agreement |
| 20th Aug It is anounced that Germany & Russia have concluded a commercial agreement |
| 24th Sep After the Russian invasion of Poland Hitler agrees to Stalin's new demands |
| 5th Oct A mutual assistance treaty is signed between Russia & Latvia |
| 12th Oct Negotiations between Russia & Finland take place for an exchange of territory |
| 14th Oct Offers Finland land but the strategic loss causes the Fins to refuse |
| 28th Nov Russia cancels its 1932 non-aggreesion treaty with Finland |
| Diplomacy Stalin, Jospeh | |
| Sep Germany invades Poland & Japan & Russia agree a cease-fire |
| Diplomacy Voroshilov, Klimenty Efremovich | |
| Aug Moscow Meets an Anglo-French mission to discuss the defence of Poland if attacked by Germany |
| Independence Stalin, Joseph | |
| 21st Sep Germany & Russia declares that Poland no longer exists |
| Invasion of China Stalin, Joseph | |
| Sends Zhukov against the Japanese to teach them "a lesson they would never forget" |
| Invasion of Czech Stalin, Joseph | |
| 14th Mar Protests after German legions move on Prague contravening the Munich Agreement |
| Invasion of Finland Stalin, Joseph | |
| 30th Nov Russia attacks the Mannerheim Line to invade Finland |
| 30th Nov Russia launches an attack against Finland, fighting lasts throughout the winter |
| Invasion of Poland Sikorski, Wladyslaw |  |
| 17th Sep Russia gives the order to invade eastern Poland which is undefended |
| 30th Oct Russia formally annexes it's occupied Polish territories |
| Invasion of Poland Chuikov, Vassili | |
| Partakes in the invasion of Poland |
| Invasion of Poland Stalin, Joseph | |
| 1st Sep The German Army crosses the Polish border |
| 17th Sep Russia gives the order to invade eastern Poland which is undefended |
| 17th Sep Russia invades Poland in accordance with its secret treaty obligations |
| 17th Sep The Russians invade Poland for 1 week |
| 18th Sep The remains of the Polish Government & military High Command flee to Hungary |
| 19th Sep Brest Litovsk The Red Army & German troops join up at Brest-Litovsk |
| 24th Sep After the Russian invasion of Poland Hitler agrees to Stalin's new demands |
| Lieutenant General Khruschev, Nikita Sergeyevich | |
| Appointed Lieutenant-General |
| Mannerheim Line Stalin, Joseph | |
| 30th Nov Mannerheim Line Russia attacks the Mannerheim Line to invade Finland |
| Medal Zhukov, Georgi Konstantinovich | |
| Awarded for expelling the Japanese 6th Army from the Mongolian-Manchurian border |
| Military Attache Chiang Kai shek Chuikov Chuikov, Vassili | |
| Appointed Military attache to Chiang Kai-shek |
| Minister of Foreign Affairs Molotov, Vyacheslav Mikhailovich | |
| 2nd May Appointed Commissar for Foreign Affairs, 1st term |
| Nazi Soviet Pact Hitler, Adolf |  |
| 24th Aug Berlin Russia & Germany will not attack each other for 10 yrs with an option for 5 more yrs |
| Nazi Soviet Pact Molotov, Vyacheslav Mikhailovich | |
| 19th Aug Hands the German Ambassador von der Schulenburg a draft of the non-aggression pact |
| 23rd Aug Includes secret protocols dividing Europe into zones of influence |
| 23rd Aug Signs a pact pledging both Countries to remain neutral if the other is at war |
| Nazi Soviet Pact Stalin, Joseph | |
| 20th Aug Moscow Hitler cables Stalin accepting the draft NAZI-Soviet Non-Aggression Pact |
| 20th Aug Moscow Invites Ribbentrop to Moscow for 23 August |
| 23rd Aug Moscow Includes secret protocols dividing Europe into zones of influence |
| 24th Aug Moscow Russia & Germany will not attack each other for 10 yrs with an option for 5 more yrs |
| 29th Sep Moscow The Soviet Germany Boundary & Friendship Treaty is signed |
| Offensive Khalkin Gol Zhukov, Georgi Konstantinovich | |
| Khalkin Gol Distinguishes himself during the offensive in Mongolia against the Japanese 6th Army |
| Partition Poland, 5th Molotov, Vyacheslav Mikhailovich | |
| 28th Sep Moscow Ribbentrop & Molotov meet & split Poland in 2 |
| 28th Sep Moscow Russia is given a free hand in Lithuania |
| 28th Sep Moscow Russia is given land east of the Narew-Bug-San line |
| Partition Poland, 5th Stalin, Joseph | |
| 28th Sep Moscow Ribbentrop & Molotov meet & split Poland in 2 |
| Peace Nobuyuki, Abe | |
| Sep Germany invades Poland & Japan & Russia agree a cease-fire |
| Peace Stalin, Jospeh | |
| Sep Germany invades Poland & Japan & Russia agree a cease-fire |
| Police Chief Beria Beria, Lavrenti Pavlovich | |
| Appointed Member of the State Defense Committee |
| Politburo Khruschev, Nikita Sergeyevich | |
| Moscow Appointed Member of the Politburo, full member |
| Purge Baltic States Beria, Lavrenti Pavlovich | |
| Malenkov & Beria purge the Baltic States , 1939-1941 |
| Purge Baltic States Malenkov, Georgi Maksimilanovich | |
| Malenkov & Beria purge the Baltic States , 1939-1941 |
| Rule of Baltic Sea Molotov, Vyacheslav Mikhailovich | |
| 23rd Aug Baltic Sea Under the Nazi-Soviet Pact Russia takes eastern Poland, Finland & Baltic States |
| Rule of Baltic Sea Stalin, Joseph | |
| 23rd Aug Baltic Sea The Nazi-Soviet Pact gives Russia eastern Poland, Finland & Baltic States |
| Rule of Finland Stalin, Joseph | |
| 23rd Aug The Nazi-Soviet Pact gives Russia eastern Poland, Finland & Baltic States |
| Rule of Lithuania Molotov, Vyacheslav Mikhailovich | |
| 28th Sep Russia is given a free hand in Lithuania |
| Rule of Sikorski, Wladyslaw | |
| 30th Oct Russia formally annexes it's occupied Polish territories |
| Rule of Poland Molotov, Vyacheslav Mikhailovich | |
| 28th Sep Moscow Ribbentrop & Molotov meet & split Poland in 2 |
| 28th Sep Moscow Russia is given land east of the Narew-Bug-San line |
| Rule of Poland Stalin, Joseph | |
| 23rd Aug The Nazi-Soviet Pact gives Russia eastern Poland, Finland & Baltic States |
| 28th Sep Moscow Ribbentrop & Molotov meet & split Poland in 2 |
| 30th Oct Russia formally annexes it's occupied Polish territories |
| Rule of Vilna Stalin, Joseph | |
| 10th Oct Vilna Vilna is restored to Lithuania while Russia gets sea & air bases |
| Siege of Prague Stalin, Joseph | |
| 14th Mar Prague Protests after German legions move on Prague contravening the Munich Agreement |
| Treaty of Latvia Molotov, Vyacheslav Mikhailovich | |
| 5th Oct A mutual assistance treaty is signed between Russia & Latvia |
| Treaty of Latvia Stalin, Joseph | |
| 5th Oct A mutual assistance treaty is signed between Russia & Latvia |
| Treaty of Lithuania Molotov, Vyacheslav Mikhailovich | |
| 10th Oct A mutual assistance treaty is signed between Russia & Lithuania |
| Treaty of Lithuania Stalin, Joseph | |
| 5th Sep Vilna Vilna is transferred from Poland to Lithuania & becomes its capital |
| 10th Oct A mutual assistance treaty is signed between Russia & Lithuania |
| Treaty of Munich Agreement Stalin, Joseph | |
| 31st Sep Munich Russia, like the United States , is excluded from the treaty & the conference |
| 31st Sep Munich The Munich treaty makes Russia's offer of military support to Czech academic |
| Treaty of Mutual Assistance Stalin, Joseph | |
| 5th Sep Latvia Russia signs treaty of Mutual Assistance with Latvia giving Russia occupation rights |
| 30th Sep Estonia Russia signs treaty of Mutual Assistance with Estonia to occupy 4 Estonian naval bases |
