1926: Joseph Stalin becomes dictator of the Soviet Union. His reign of terror lasts for close to three decades.
1991: On December 17, President Mikhail Gorbachev orders the dissolution of the Soviet Union, and a new Commonwealth of Independent States is formed by the countries that formerly made up the USSR.
1939: Germany invades Poland and World War II begins.
1947: The.....
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