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| Alliance Stalin, Joseph |  |
| 26th July The Comintern agree to furnish volunteers & money to support the Spanish Republic |
| 6th Oct Russia decides to supply the Republicans in Spain |
| Arrest of Bukharin Bukharin, Nikolai | |
| Sep Arrested for counter-revolutionary activities, released due to insufficient evidence |
| Civil War Spain Stalin, Joseph | |
| Russia sends arms & advisers to the Republicans |
| Comintern Stalin, Joseph | |
| Germany and Japan conclude the so-called Anti-Comintern Pact, ostensibly to protect the world from the Third International |
| Commander Ukraine Vatutin, Nikolai Fyodorovich | |
| Appointed Commander of the Ukraine |
| Commissar Yezhkov, Nikolay Ivanovich | |
| Appointed Commissar of Internal Defense |
| Composition of Prokofiev Prokofiev, Sergei | |
| Composes, "Peter & the Wolf" |
| Constitution Bukharin, Nikolai | |
| Pens the new constitution |
| Constitution Stalin, Joseph | |
| 5th Dec Establishes a Federal State consisting of 11 Soviet Republics |
| 5th Dec Establishes the USSR Supreme Soviet, supreme agency of state power in the Soviet Union |
| 5th Dec Supreme Soviet consists of the Soviet of the Union & the Soviet of the Nationalities |
| 5th Dec The Supreme Soviet elects a Presidium the chairman of which becomes the Head of State |
| 5th Dec The Supreme Soviet is elected for 4 years & meets twice a year |
| 5th Dec The VTsIK, All-Union Central Exec Comm of the soviets becomes the Supreme Soviet |
| Death of Tomsky, Mikhail Tomsky, Mikhail | |
| Death of Mikhail Tomsky, commits suicide |
| Death of Zinoviev, Grigory Yevseyevich Zinoviev, Grigory Yevseyevich | |
| 25th Aug Moscow Death of Grigory Yevseyevich Zinoviev, executed |
| Diplomacy Stalin, Joseph | |
| Promotes a united front with Kai-shek against fascism in Europe & imperialism in Japan |
| 6th Oct Russia decides to supply the Republicans in Spain |
| 6th Oct Russia warns it will only be bound to the same degree as Italy & Germany |
| 24th Nov Germany & Japan argree to make "common cause" against Communism |
| Diplomacy Franco-Bahamonde, Francisco Paulino Hermenegildo |  |
| 6th Oct Russia supplies the Republicans |
| Execution of Kamanev Stalin, Joseph | |
| Aug Stalin has Kamanev & Zinoviev purged & then executed |
| Execution of Zinoviev Stalin, Joseph | |
| Aug Stalin has Kamanev & Zinoviev purged & then executed |
| Execution of Zinoviev Zinoviev, Grigory Yevseyevich | |
| 25th Aug Moscow Found guilty of charges during a show trial & shot |
| Head State Publishing House Tomsky Tomsky, Mikhail | |
| Appointed Head of the State Publishing House |
| Occupation Rhineland Stalin, Joseph | |
| April Rhineland At the League of Nations Russia proposes sanctions after occupation of the Rhineland |
| Plot Yezhkov, Nikolay Ivanovich | |
| Moscow Yezhov is made Commissar for Internal Affairs to unmask the Trotsky-Zinoviev plot |
| Plot Zinoviev, Grigory Yevseyevich | |
| July Against the "terrorist activity of Trotskyite-Zinoviev counter-revolutionary bloc" |
| Publication of Bulgakov Bulgakov, Sergey Nikolayevich | |
| Publication of, "The Comforter" |
| Purge CPSU Stalin, Joseph | |
| About 2/3 of Communist leaders are shot or arrested |
| Jan CP members are directed to renew their documents, "passive people" are rooted out |
| July Announces "terrorist activity of Trotskyite-Zinoviev counter-revolutionary bloc" |
| 26th Sep Yezhov is made Commissar for Internal Affairs to unmask the Trotsky-Zinoviev plot |
| Purge CPSU Tomsky, Mikhail | |
| Death of Mikhail Tomsky, commits suicide |
| Purge CPSU Trotsky, Leon | |
| July Made against "terrorist activity of Trotskyite-Zinoviev counter-revolutionary bloc" |
| Purge CPSU Yezhkov, Nikolay Ivanovich | |
| Moscow Made Commissar for Internal Affairs to unmask the Trotsky-Zinoviev plot |
| Purge CPSU Zinoviev, Grigory Yevseyevich | |
| July Against the "terrorist activity of Trotskyite-Zinoviev counter-revolutionary bloc" |
| Purge Kamanev Stalin, Joseph | |
| Moscow Stalin has Kamanev & Zinoviev purged & then executed |
| Purge Stalin, Joseph | |
| Moscow Show trials are held in Moscow during the "great purge" |
| Purge Zinoviev Stalin, Joseph | |
| Moscow Stalin has Kamanev & Zinoviev purged & then executed |
| Reform of NKVD Stalin, Joseph | |
| July The secret police is absorbed into the ministry of the interior, NKVD |
| Sucide of Tomsky Tomsky, Mikhail | |
| Commits suicide rather than face counter-revolutionary investigations |
| Supreme Soviet Stalin, Joseph | |
| 5th Dec Moscow Establishes the USSR Supreme Soviet, supreme agency of state power in the Soviet Union |
| Trial of Bolsheviks Stalin, Joseph | |
| Holds stage trials of old Bolsheviks |
| Trial of Kamanev Kamenev, Lev Borisovich | |
| July Secretly put on trial by Stalin for his life |
| Trial of Moscow Stalin, Joseph | |
| Moscow Show trials are held in Moscow during the "great purge" |
| Trial of Zinoviev Zinoviev, Grigory Yevseyevich | |
| Moscow Accusations are made against Zinoviev for his life during a show trial |
