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| Blockade of Berlin Stalin, Joseph |  |
| April Berlin The Russians blockade land routes to Berlin
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| 2nd Aug Berlin British, French & USAAmbassadors meet Stalin to find a solution
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| Cominform Stalin, Joseph |  |
| Moscow Based on the Comintern dissolved in 1942, co-ordinates European Communist Parties
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| Composition of Prokofiev Prokofiev, Sergei |  |
| Composes, "Symphony No 6"
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| Conference of Big Four Stalin, Joseph |  |
| Mar Moscow A conference opens in Moscow to discuss the development of post-war Germany
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| Mar Moscow Russia demands $10 billion in reparations & control of the Ruhr, this is not agreed
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| Conference of Marshall Plan Molotov, Vyacheslav Mikhailovich |  |
| Moscow Moves for a German Peoples' Congress to remove Allied control in Germany
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| Paris Russia does not attend & refuses to allow its Eastern European satellites to attend
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| Congress of Peoples Congress Molotov, Vyacheslav Mikhailovich |  |
| Dec Berlin The Peoples' Congress first meets at Berlin to attempt to replace the Marshall Plan
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| Council Foreign Ministers Stalin, Joseph |  |
| 25th Nov London 1st day of the council to discuss the future of post-war Germany
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| 15th Dec London The controlling Council of Germany breaks up after failing to agree the future
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| Economic Commission for Eastern Germany Molotov, Vyacheslav Mikhailovich |  |
| Moscow Creates an Economic Commission for Eastern Germany
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| Economy of Russia Molotov, Vyacheslav Mikhailovich |  |
| Moscow Creates an Economic Commission for Eastern Germany
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| Economy of Russia Stalin, Joseph |  |
| Dec The Russian currency is reform ed
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| Famine Ukraine Stalin, Joseph |  |
| Feb Ukraine Famine in the Ukraine, 1946-1947
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| First Secretary CPSU Brezhnev Brezhnev, Leonoid Ilych |  |
| Moscow Appointed First Secretary of the Dnepropetrovsk Region
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| Minister of Armaments Bulganin, Nikolai Aleksandrovich |  |
| Appointed Minister of the Armed Forces
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| Minister of Defense Bulganin, Nikolai Aleksandrovich |  |
| 3rd Mar Appointed Minister of Defense, 1st term, replaces Stalin in position
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| Party Leader CPSU Kaganovich Kaganovich, Lazar Moiseevich |  |
| Ukraine Appointed Party Leader of the Communist Party in the Ukraine
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| Plan Marshall Plan Stalin, Joseph |  |
| June Moscow Forces the Eastern block & Russia to reject the Marshall plan
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| Reform of Currency Stalin, Joseph |  |
| Dec The Russian currency is reform ed
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| Secretary Central Comm Andropov Andropov, Yuri Vladimirovich |  |
| Karelia Appointed 2nd Secretary of the Central Orleans in Karelia
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| Unification Germany Molotov, Vyacheslav Mikhailovich |  |
| Moscow Proposes centralized German Government at a meeting of foreign ministers, not accepted
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| Moscow Proposes reunification of Germany & international control of the Ruhr
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