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| Capture of Spy Plane Khruschev, Nikita Sergeyevich |  |
| Moscow Days before an Allied summit the Russians capture a USAU-2 spy plane over Russia |
| Chairman Presidium Brezhnev, Leonoid Ilych | |
| Moscow Appointed Chairman of the Presidium of the USSR Supreme Soviet, Head of State |
| Commander in Chief Chuikov, Vassili | |
| Appointed Commander-in-Chief of the land forces |
| Conference of Paris Khruschev, Nikita Sergeyevich | |
| Paris Days before the Allied summit the Russians capture a USAU-2 spy plane over Russia |
| 15th May Paris Demands Eisenhower stop U-2 spying over Russia, Eisenhower refuses |
| 16th May Paris Attends the Allied Summit in Paris |
| 16th May Paris Walks out after demanding an apology from Eisenhower for the U-2 missions over Russia |
| Death of Pasternak, Boris Leonidovich Pasternak, Boris Leonidovich | |
| Moscow Dies near Moscow |
| Diplomacy Khruschev, Nikita Sergeyevich | |
| A USAU-2 reconnaissance plane is shot down inside Russia |
| Russia makes USA$250 million worth of aid to Indonesia |
| Russia recognizes Castro's Cuba |
| Moscow Withdraws all Russian aid workers from China |
| 15th May Paris Demands Eisenhower stops U-2 spying over Russia, Eisenhower refuses |
| Director Kurchatov Inst Aleksandrov Aleksandrov, Anatoly Petrovich | |
| Appointed Director of the Kurchatov Institute of Nuclear Energy |
| Head of State Brezhnev, Leonoid Ilych | |
| Moscow Appointed Head of State for Russia |
| Nuclear Warfare Khruschev, Nikita Sergeyevich | |
| June Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev pledges support for "wars of national liberation" in an address to the United Nations |
| Dec The Joint Strategic Target Planning Staff complete SIOP 62, plans for the launch of more than 3,000Nuclear weapons, including hundreds of hydrogen bombs, to attack in the first few hours of conflict 1,000 targets in Communist countries |
| Politburo Chernenko, Konstantin Ustinovich | |
| 9th Feb Moscow Appointed Member of the Politburo |
| Politburo Podgorny, Nikolai Viktorovich | |
| Moscow Appointed Member of the Politburo |
| President Brezhnev, Leonoid Ilych | |
| Moscow Appointed President of Russia |
| Publication of Bukharin Bukharin, Nikolai | |
| Publication of, "The Conscience of the Revolution" |
| Publication of Sholokhov Sholokhov, Mikhail Aleksandrovich | |
| Publication of, "Harvest On the Don" |
| Secretary Central Committee Kozlov, Frol Romanovich | |
| Mar Moscow Appointed Secretary for Cadres in the Central Committee Secretariat |
| State President Russia Brezhnev Brezhnev, Leonoid Ilych | |
| Moscow Appointed ceremonial state representative |
| Treaty of Cuba Khruschev, Nikita Sergeyevich | |
| Russia signs a treaty with Cuba |
| United Nations Khruschev, Nikita Sergeyevich | |
| June Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev pledges support for "wars of national liberation" in an address to the United Nations |
