VII. The Contemporary Period, 1945–2000 > B. Europe, 1945–2000 > 7. Eastern Europe, 1945–2000 > i. Russia (Union of Soviet Socialist Republics and Successor States) > 1. Soviet Union > 1950, Jan. 12
  PREVIOUS NEXT  
CONTENTS · SUBJECT INDEX · BIBLIOGRAPHIC RECORD
  The Encyclopedia of World History.  2001.
 
 
1950, Jan. 12
 
The death penalty, abolished after the war, was reintroduced for espionage, treason, and sabotage.  1
 
Feb. 14
 
The USSR and the People's Republic of China signed a 30-year treaty of alliance.  2
 
Oct. 20–21
 
Molotov and the foreign ministers of East Germany, Poland, Bulgaria, Hungary, and Romania met in Prague, denounced the agreement of the Western Big Three to liberalize their German policy, and called for German unification and a German peace treaty.  3
 
 
 
The Encyclopedia of World History, Sixth edition. Peter N. Stearns, general editor. Copyright © 2001 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Maps by Mary Reilly, copyright © 2001 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.

CONTENTS · SUBJECT INDEX · BIBLIOGRAPHIC RECORD
  PREVIOUS NEXT