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| Admiral Gorshkov, Sergey Georgyvich |  |
| Appointed Admiral |
| Arrest of Beria Beria, Lavrenti Pavlovich | |
| 26th June Arrested by Khruschev for allegedly planning a coup |
| 26th June Beria is arrested for being an agent |
| Arrest of Beria Khruschev, Nikita Sergeyevich | |
| 26th June Moscow Has Beria arrested for allegedly staging a coup |
| Assassination of Zhdanov Zhdanov, Andrei Aleksandrovich | |
| Jan Moscow 9 Russian & 6 Jewish doctors confess to the murder of Andrei Zhdanov |
| Chairman BCB Mazurov, Kirill Trofimovich | |
| Belorussia Appointed Chairman of the Belorussian Council of Ministers |
| Chairman Council of Ministers Bagirov, Mir Dzhafar Abassovich | |
| June Moscow Appointed Chairman of the Council of Ministers of Azerbaijan |
| Chairman Council of Ministers Malenkov, Georgi Maksimilanovich | |
| 5th Mar Moscow Appointed Chairman of the Council of Ministers |
| Chairman Presidium Voroshilov, Klimenty Efremovich | |
| Moscow Appointed Chairman of the Presidium of the USSR Supreme Soviet, Head of State |
| Commander Hungary Biryuzov, Sergei Semenovich | |
| Appointed Commander of the Soviet forces in Hungary |
| Commander in Chief Grechko, Andrei Antonovich | |
| Moscow Appointed Commander-in-Chief in East Germany |
| Commander Kiev Chuikov, Vassili | |
| Kiev Appointed Commander of the Kiev Military District |
| Commissar Molotov, Vyacheslav Mikhailovich | |
| Appointed Commissar for Foreign Affairs, 2nd term, after the death of Stalin |
| Death of Beria, Lavrenti Pavlovich Beria, Lavrenti Pavlovich | |
| Dec Death of Lavrenti Pavlovich Beria |
| Dec Executed for attempting to succeed Stalin |
| Death of Stalin, Joseph Stalin, Joseph | |
| 5th Mar Moscow Death of Joseph Stalin |
| Demonstrations Malenkov, Georgi Maksimilanovich | |
| June Pilsen Demonstrations breakout in Pilsen |
| 16th June Berlin Demonstrators march on the East German government |
| 17th June Russia sends in troops & tanks to quell demonstrations in east German cities |
| Deputy Minister Zhukov Zhukov, Georgi Konstantinovich | |
| Moscow Appointed First Deputy Minister of Defence |
| Dismissal Bagirov, Mir Dzhafar Abassovich | |
| July Azerbaijan Dismissed after the arrest of his protector, Beria |
| Execution of Beria Beria, Lavrenti Pavlovich | |
| Dec Executed for attempting to succeed Stalin |
| Dec Executed for being an agent |
| Execution of Beria Khruschev, Nikita Sergeyevich | |
| Dec Moscow Has Beria executed |
| Exile of Zhukov Zhukov, Georgi Konstantinovich | |
| Moscow Returns from exile after Stalin's death |
| First Secretary CPSU Khruschev Khruschev, Nikita Sergeyevich | |
| 13th Sep Moscow Appointed First Secretary of the CPSU |
| First Secretary CPSU Kozlov Kozlov, Frol Romanovich | |
| Moscow Appointed First Secretary of the Leningrad obkom |
| First Secretary CPSU Malenkov Malenkov, Georgi Maksimilanovich | |
| 5th Mar Moscow Appointed First Secretary of the Communist Party |
| Funeral Stalin Stalin, Joseph | |
| 9th Mar Moscow Funeral of Joseph Stalin |
| Head of State Voroshilov, Klimenty Efremovich | |
| Moscow Appointed Head of State for Russia |
| Health Stalin, Joseph | |
| 1st Mar Moscow Suffers from a stroke, doctors are frightened to treat him |
| Invention Hydrogen Bomb Sakharov, Andrei Dmitrievich | |
| 12th Aug Moscow Helps Russia test its own Hydrogen bomb |
| Marriage of Gorbachev, Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev, Mikhail Sergeyevich | |
| 25th Sep Moscow Marries Raisa Titorenko, a philosophy student at Moscow University |
| Marriage of Titorenko, Raisa Titorenko, Raisa | |
| 25th Sep Moscow Marries Mikhail Gorbachev, then a student at Moscow University |
| Minister of Defense Bulganin, Nikolai Aleksandrovich | |
| Mar Appointed Minister of Defense, 2nd term |
| Minister of Defense Ustinov, Dmitry Fedorovich | |
| Appointed Minister for Defence, after the death of Stalin |
| Minister of Industry Ustinov, Dmitry Fedorovich | |
| Appointed Minister for Indus try, after the death of Stalin |
| Persecution Stalin, Joseph | |
| Jan Stalin's anti-Semitism becomes official state policy |
| Plot Beria, Lavrenti Pavlovich | |
| Claims that the doctors confessions had been elicited by torture & were false |
| Plot Khruschev, Nikita Sergeyevich | |
| Jan Moscow 9 Russian & 6 Jewish doctors confess to the murder of Andrei Zhdanov |
| Plot Malenkov, Georgi Maksimilanovich | |
| Mar Dismisses the "doctors plot" as "provocation & fake" |
| Plot Stalin, Joseph | |
| Jan Moscow Outbreak of the Doctor's Plot |
| Jan Moscow Stalin arrests & charges 9 Kremlin doctors for plotting to kill Russian leaders |
| Feb 28 doctors & their wives are arrested |
| Plot Zhdanov, Andrei Aleksandrovich | |
| Jan Moscow 9 Russian & 6 Jewish doctors confess to the murder of Andrei Zhdanov |
| Politburo Bagirov, Mir Dzhafar Abassovich | |
| Moscow Appointed Member of the Politburo, Candidate Member |
| President Efremovich, Klement | |
| Moscow Appointed President of Russia |
| President Voroshilov, Klement | |
| Moscow Appointed President of Russia |
| President Voroshilov, Klimenty Efremovich | |
| Moscow Appointed President of Russia |
| Prime Minister Malenkov, Georgi Maksimilanovich | |
| 5th Mar Moscow Appointed Prime Minister of Russia |
| Publication of Asimov Asimov, Isaac | |
| Publication of, "Second Foundation" |
| Resignation of Malenkov Malenkov, Georgi Maksimilanovich | |
| 14th Mar Moscow Resigns as 1st Secretary |
| Second Secretary Podgorny, Nikolai Viktorovich | |
| Moscow Appointed 2nd Secretary of the Communist Party of the Ukraine |
| Secretary Khruschev, Nikita Sergeyevich | |
| Mar Appointed Secretary of the Party Secretariat, 1 of 5 |
| Soviet Academy of Sciences Sakharov, Andrei Dmitrievich | |
| 12th Aug Moscow Appointed Member of the Soviet Academy of Sciences |
| Strike Hungary Malenkov, Georgi Maksimilanovich | |
| June Strikes breakout in Hungary |
| Strike Romania Malenkov, Georgi Maksimilanovich | |
| June Strikes breakout in Romania |
| Strike Siberia Malenkov, Georgi Maksimilanovich | |
| July Siberia Strikes breakout at the Vorkuta labour camps in Siberia |
| Trial of Beria Beria, Lavrenti Pavlovich | |
| June Moscow Tried for being a British agent, undermines relations between Russian nationalities |
| Trial of Beria Konev, Ivan Stepanovich | |
| Moscow Presides over a tribunal which sentences Lavrenti Beria to death |
