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