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1
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October 1917

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Russian Revolution

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2
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1917-20

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Russian Civil War

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3
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September 1939

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Hitler and Stalin partitioned Poland

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4
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June 1941

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German invasion of USSR

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5
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September 1943

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Italian Armistice

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6
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November-December 1943

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Tehran Conference

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7
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6th June 1944

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Allied forces invade France

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8
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July 1944

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Red Army enter central Poland

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9
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23rd August 1944

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Formation of coalition government in Romania

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10
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9th September 1944

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Communist coup in Bulgaria

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11
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9th October 1944

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Anglo-Soviet ‘percentages agreement’

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12
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December 1944

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British suppressed Communist uprising in Greece

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13
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4th-11th February 1945

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Yalta Conference

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14
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8th May 1945

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Unconditional German surrender

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15
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July-August 1945

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Potsdam Conference

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16
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5th March 1946

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Churchill’s Iron Curtain Speech

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17
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21st April 1946

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Social Unity Party formed

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18
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April-July 1946

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Paris Conference of Foreign Ministers

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19
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3rd May 1946

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General Clay halted reperation payments from Soviet Zone

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20
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1st January 1947

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Anglo-American bizone formed

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21
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10th February 1947

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Peace treaties signed with Italy, Romania, Bulgaria, Finland and Hungary

22
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12th March 1947

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Truman Doctrine announced

23
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March-April 1947

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Council of Foreign Ministers’ Meeting, Moscow

24
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May 1947

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Communists excluded from government in France and Italy

25
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5th June 1947

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Marshall Aid Plan announced

26
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5th October 1947

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Cominform announced

27
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15th December 1947

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Break up of London Foreign Ministers’ Conference

28
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20th June 1948

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Currency reform in Western zones

29
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24th June 1948

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Berlin Blockade started

30
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12th May 1949

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Berlin Blockade ended and COMECON formed

31
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4th April 1949

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NATO set up

32
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August 1949

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FRG established

33
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12th October 1949

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GDR set up

34
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25th June 1950

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Outbreak of Korean War

35
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18th April 1951

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European Coal and Steel Community (Schuman Plan) Treaty

36
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10th March 1952

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Stalin’s note proposing a neutral unified Germany

37
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27th May 1952

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European Defence Community (EDC) Treaty signed in Paris

38
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5th March 1953

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Stalin died

39
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16th-17th June 1953

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Strikes and riots in the GDR

40
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5th May 1955

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The FRG became a sovereign state and joined NATO

41
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14th May 1955

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Warsaw Pact signed

42
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25th February 1956

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Krushchev attacked Stalin at the Twentieth Party Progress

43
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June 1956

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Riots in Poland

44
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4th November 1956

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Hungarian Rising defeated

45
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25th March 1957

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Treaty of Rome signed

46
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27th November 1958

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Krushchev’s Berlin ultimatum

47
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January 1959

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Castro seized power in Cuba

48
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1st May 1960

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US U-2 plane shot down over USSR

49
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16th-17th May 1960

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Paris Summit broke down

50
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13th August 1961

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Frontier between East and West Berlin closed

51
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13th September 1962

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USA warned USSR on installation of missiles in Cuba

52
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October-November 1962

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Cuban Missile Crisis

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