Communist party: Timeline

1934   In the Soviet Union Soviet Union

The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , more commonly known as the Soviet Union, was a Communist state [i] ... 

, Politburo member Sergei Kirov is shot dead at the Communist Party headquarters in Leningrad Saint Petersburg

Saint Petersburg listen is a city located in northwestern Russia [i] on t ... 

 by Leonid Nikolaev (it is widely thought that Soviet leader Joseph Stalin Joseph Stalin

Joseph Vissarionovich Stalin , alternatively transliterated Josef Stalin, was the de facto [i] ... 

 ordered this murder).

1949   Red Scare Red Scare

The term "Red Scare" has been retroactively applied to two distinct periods of strong anti-Communism [i] ... 

: Such celebrities as Helen Keller Helen Keller

Helen Adams Keller was a deafblind [i] American [i] author [i], activist [i] and lecturer [i] ... 

, Dorothy Parker Dorothy Parker

Dorothy Parker was an American [i] writer [i] and poet [i], best known for her caustic wit [i] ... 

, Danny Kaye Danny Kaye

[i], [[singer]... 

, Fredric March, John Garfield John Garfield

[i] ... 

, Paul Muni and Edward G. Robinson are named in an FBI report as Communist Party members.

1989   The first free elections for the Soviet parliament go against the Communist Party.