1935 in the Soviet Union

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{{Year in the Soviet Union|1935}}

The following lists events that happened during 1935 in the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics.

In May 1935, the Soviets signed a treaty of mutual assistance with France and Czechoslovakia{{Sfn|Khlevniuk|2015|p=135}} which lasted until the Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact between the Soviet Union and Germany in 1939.{{cite journal |first=Derek |last=Watson |title=Molotov's Apprenticeship in Foreign Policy: The Triple Alliance Negotiations in 1939 |journal=Europe-Asia Studies |volume=52 |issue=4 |year=2000 |pages=695–722 |doi=10.1080/713663077|s2cid=144385167 }}

At the Communist International's 7th Congress, held in July–August 1935, the Soviet government encouraged Marxist–Leninists to unite with other leftists as part of a popular front against fascism.{{Sfnm|1a1=Haslam|1y=1979|1pp=682–683|2a1=Conquest|2y=1991|2p=218|3a1=Service|3y=2004|3p=385|4a1=Khlevniuk|4y=2015|4p=135}}

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  • 15 May – Joseph Stalin opens the Moscow Metro to the public.{{cite book|title=Culture and Life|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=68oR10DJu5cC|year=1974|publisher=Union of Soviet Societies for Friendship and Cultural Relations with Foreign Countries|page=10}}

=June=

  • 26 June – The balloon USSR-1 ascends to an altitude of 16,000 meters and is forced into descent by a release of hydrogen.

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See also

References

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  • {{Cite book |last=Conquest |first=Robert |title=Stalin: Breaker of Nations |publisher=Penguin |year=1991 |isbn=978-0-1401-6953-9}}
  • {{Cite journal |last=Haslam |first=Jonathan |year=1979 |title=The Comintern and the Origins of the Popular Front 1934–1935 |journal=The Historical Journal |volume=22 |pages=673–691 |doi=10.1017/s0018246x00017039 |s2cid=159573290 |number=3}}
  • {{Cite book |last=Khlevniuk |first=Oleg V. |title=Stalin: New Biography of a Dictator |publisher=Yale University Press |year=2015 |isbn=978-0-3001-6388-9 |translator-last=Nora Seligman Favorov}}
  • {{Cite book |last=Service |first=Robert |title=Stalin: A Biography |publisher=Macmillan |year=2004 |isbn=978-0-3337-2627-3}}

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