Soviet History

In 1917, the Russian Empire was losing a war against both Germany and Austria-Hungary. The population was starting to resent the Czar/Tsar, and wanted a different leader so the war would end. Vladimir Lenin, returning from exile in Switzerland, led the Communist Party of Russia to power in the October Revolution.

Coat of arms of the Soviet Union.

Soviet History

Chapters

• Before The Creation of the Soviet Union
• Russian Civil War
• Leadership of Vladimir Lenin
• Leadership of Stalin, 1925-1938
• Pre-War Soviet-German Relations
• Great Patriotic War 1941-1945
• Rebuilding After The War 1945-1953
• Soviet Union becomes a Superpower
• Nikita Khrushchev 1953-1965
• Leonid Brezhnev 1965-1983
• Yuri Andropov 1983-1984
• Konstantin Chernenko-1984-1985
• Mikhail Gorbachev 1985-1990
• The Collapse of the Soviet Union