Soviet Union

1. Russian Revolution

1.1. Started in 1917

1.2. Ended in 1917

1.3. 2 Revolutions; February and October

1.4. February Revolution: Bolsheviks vs Whites

1.5. October Revolution: Bolsheviks vs Government

1.6. Provitional government was taken down

1.7. Lenin rose to power

2. Russian Leaders

2.1. Vladimir Lenin ( 1917 - 1922 )

2.2. Joseph Stalin ( 1922 - 1953 )

2.3. Georgy Malenkov ( 1953 - 1955 )

2.4. Nikita Khruschev ( 1955 - 1964 )

2.5. Leonid Brezhnev ( 1964 - 1982 )

2.6. Yuri Andropov ( 1982 - 1984 )

2.7. Mikhail Gorbachev ( 1985 - 1991 )

3. Cold War Conflicts

3.1. Korean War ( 1950 - 1953 )

3.2. Vietnam War ( 1954 - 1975 )

3.3. Cuban Missile Crisis ( 1964 - 1964 )

3.4. Afghanistan Invasion ( 1979 - 1989 )