USSR ESTABLISHED 95 YEARS AGO
Moscow (JFK+50) On December 30, 1922, the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics was established consolidating Russia, Belorussia, Ukraine and the Transcaucasian Federation into a single communist state.
The Soviet Union's creation came as a result of the ending of three centuries of the Romanov dynasty with the abdication of Tsar Nicholas II and a three year civil war in which Bolsheviks led by Vladimir Lenin* struggled to establish a coalition of workers and soldiers committees.
Lenin served as premier until his death in 1924 followed by Joseph Stalin and Nikita Khrushchev. Under Stalin, the USSR became a Marxist-Leninist state with a centrally planned economy.
The Soviet Union would eventually include 15 republics before dissolving on December 26, 1991.
*Vladimir Lenin (1870-1924) was born in Simbirsk to a Russian schoolmaster. He studied law at Kazan University but was expelled for taking part in student protests. He graduated from St. Petersburg University, passed the bar & began a law practice.
Lenin formed "The Union for the Liberation of the Working Class" in 1895 but was forced to leave Russia for 17 years. In Switzerland, he established a Bolshevik newspaper titled "PRAVDA" or "TRUTH" & returned to Russia in 1917 to lead the revolution. Arriving at the train station in Moscow, Lenin said...."Hail to the global socialist revolution!"
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Moscow (JFK+50) On December 30, 1922, the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics was established consolidating Russia, Belorussia, Ukraine and the Transcaucasian Federation into a single communist state.
The Soviet Union's creation came as a result of the ending of three centuries of the Romanov dynasty with the abdication of Tsar Nicholas II and a three year civil war in which Bolsheviks led by Vladimir Lenin* struggled to establish a coalition of workers and soldiers committees.
Lenin served as premier until his death in 1924 followed by Joseph Stalin and Nikita Khrushchev. Under Stalin, the USSR became a Marxist-Leninist state with a centrally planned economy.
The Soviet Union would eventually include 15 republics before dissolving on December 26, 1991.
*Vladimir Lenin (1870-1924) was born in Simbirsk to a Russian schoolmaster. He studied law at Kazan University but was expelled for taking part in student protests. He graduated from St. Petersburg University, passed the bar & began a law practice.
Lenin formed "The Union for the Liberation of the Working Class" in 1895 but was forced to leave Russia for 17 years. In Switzerland, he established a Bolshevik newspaper titled "PRAVDA" or "TRUTH" & returned to Russia in 1917 to lead the revolution. Arriving at the train station in Moscow, Lenin said...."Hail to the global socialist revolution!"
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Lenin Speaks in Sverdlov Square
May 5, 1920
