1927 January


January 7th
In 1927, Stalin has a talk on the land question with a peasant delegate from the village of Yuryevka, Semirechye Region.
January 8th
In 1927, Stalin has a talk with a delegation of workers of Sokolniki District, Moscow.
January 14th
In 1927, Stalin addresses the Fifteenth Moscow Gubernia Party Conference.
Stalin has a talk with representatives of the Polish Communist Party.
January 21st
In 1927, Stalin attends a memorial meeting in the Bolshoi Theatre, Moscow, on the occasion of the third anniversary of the death of V. I. Lenin.
January 28th
In 1927, Stalin writes a letter to Comrade Zaitsev.
January 29th
In 1927, The Twenty-fourth Leningrad Gubernia Party Conference elects J. V. Stalin a member of the Leningrad Gubernia Committee of the CPSU(B).

1927 February


February 7-12th
In 1927, Stalin directs the work of a plenum of the C.C., CPSU(B).
February 22nd
In 1927, Stalin writes a letter to the workers of the Lena gold-fields on the occasion of the fifteenth anniversary of the Lena shooting.
Stalin sends greetings to the Stalingrad newspaper Borba on the occasion of its tenth anniversary.
February 23rd
In 1927, At a meeting of the French commission of the E.C.C.I. Presidium, J. V. Stalin speaks on the tactics of the French Communist Party.
Stalin attends a meeting in the Bolshoi Theatre, Moscow, in celebration of the Red Army's ninth anniversary.
February 25th
In 1927, At a conference of representatives of the textile industry, convened by the C.C., CPSU(B), J. V. Stalin speaks on Bolshevik methods of leadership and on ways and means for the further development of the textile industry of the Soviet Union.
February 28th
In 1927, Stalin has a talk with a delegation of workers of the Stalin Railway Workshops, October Railway.

1927 March


March 1st
In 1927, Stalin addresses a meeting of workers of the Stalin Railway Workshops, October Railway.
At the meeting he is elected a deputy to the Moscow Soviet.
March 5th
In 1927, 1,000 US marines land in China to protect American property.
March 7th
In 1927, Earthquake measuring 8 on Ric hter scale strikes Tango, Japan.
In 1927, Stalin writes a letter to Comrades Tsvetkov and Alypov.
March 9th
In 1927, Nach Aufhebung des Redeverbots fur Bayern spricht Hitler zum ersten Mal wieder offentlich.
In 1927, Stalin speaks in the French commission of the Presidium of the E.C.C.I.
March 15th
In 1927, J. V. Stalin's article, "Concerning the Question of a Workers' and Peasants' Government. Reply to Dmitriev." is published in the magazine Bolshevik, No. 6, 1927.
March 20th
In 1927, Stalin writes a letter to Shinkevich.
March 29th
In 1927, Stalin addresses the Fifth All-Union Conference of the All-Union Leninist Young Communist League in Moscow.

1927 April


April 2nd
In 1927, The Eighth Congress of Soviets of the Moscow Gubernia elects J. V. Stalin a delegate to the Thirteenth All-Russian Congress of Soviets.
April 5th
In 1927, Stalin addresses a meeting of the active of the Moscow Party organization on the character and prospects of the Chinese revolution.
April 8th
In 1927, The Sixteenth Congress of Soviets of the Leningrad Gubernia elects J. V. Stalin a delegate to the Thirteenth All-Russian Congress of Soviets.
April 9th
In 1927, Stalin writes a letter to Chugunov.
April 10-16th
In 1927, Stalin takes part in the work of the Thirteenth All-Russian Congress of Soviets.
April 13-16th
In 1927, Stalin directs the work of a plenum of the C.C., CPSU(B).
April 13th
In 1927, At the plenum of the C.C., CPSU(B), J. V. Stalin speaks on the question of the plenum's agenda and in the discussion on M. I. Kalinin's report on "Questions of the Congresses of Soviets of the USSR and RSFSR".
April 15th
In 1927, J. V. Stalin's article, "The Party's Three Fundamental Slogans on the Peasant Question. Reply to Yansky," is published in the magazine Bolshevik, No. 7-8, 1927.
April 16th
In 1927, The Thirteenth All-Russian Congress of Soviets elects J. V. Stalin a member of the All-Russian Central Executive Committee.
April 18-26th
In 1927, Stalin lakes part in the work of the Fourth Congress of Soviets of the USSR.
April 19-20th
In 1927, J. V. Stalin writes the theses for propagandists "Questions of the Chinese Revolution." The theses, approved by the C.C., CPSU(B), were published in Pravda, No. 90, April 21, 1927.
April 26th
In 1927, The Fourth Congress of Soviets of the USSR elects J. V. Stalin a member of the Central Executive Committee of the USSR.

1927 May


May 1st
In 1927, Stalin attends the May Day parade of troops of the Moscow garrison and the demonstration of the working people of the capital on the Red Square.
May 5th
In 1927, J. V. Stalin's greetings to Pravda on its fifteenth anniversary is published in Pravda, No. 99.
May 9th
In 1927, J. V. Stalin writes the article "Concerning Questions of the Chinese Revolution. Reply to Comrade Marchulin." The article was published in the magazine Derevensky Kommunist, No. 10, May 15, 1927.
May 13th
In 1927, Stalin has a talk with students of the Sun Yatsen University on questions of the Chinese Revolution.
May 20th
In 1927, J. V. Stalin writes the article "The Slogan of the Dictatorship of the Proletariat and Poor Peasantry in the Period of Preparation for October. Reply to S. Pokrovsky." The article was first published in 1928, in the book: J. Stalin, Problems of Leninism.
May 22nd
In 1927, 8.3 earthquake strikes Nan-Shan China, 200,000 killed.
May 24th
In 1927, Stalin speaks on "The Revolution in China and the Tasks of the Comintern" at a sitting of the Eighth Plenum of the Executive Committee of the Comintern.
May 30th
In 1927, Stalin writes greetings to the students of the fourth graduation from the Communist University of the Toilers of the East.

1927 June


June 23th
In 1927, Stalin writes a reply to S. Pokrovsky.

1927 July


July 2nd
In 1927, Earthquake hits Palestine.
July 24-27th
In 1927, J. V. Stalin writes an article "Notes on Contemporary Themes." The article was published in Pravda, No. 169, July 28, 1927.
July 29-August 9th
In 1927, Stalin directs the work of the joint plenum of the Central Committee and Central Control Commission of the CPSU(B).

1927 August


August 1st
In 1927, At a meeting of the joint plenum of the Central Committee and Central Control Commission of the CPSU(B), J. V. Stalin delivers a speech on "The International Situation and the Defense of the USSR".
August 2nd
In 1927, At a meeting of the joint plenum of the Central Committee and Central Control Commission of the C,P.S.U.(B), J. V. Stalin is elected to the commission for editing the draft resolution on the international situation.
August 5th
In 1927, At a meeting of the joint plenum of the Central Committee and Central Control Commission of the CPSU(B), J. V. Stalin delivers a speech in connection with G. K. Orjonikidze's report on the breach of Party discipline by Zinoviev and Trotsky.
August 6-9th
In 1927, Stalin takes part in the work of the commission of the joint plenum of the Central Committee and Central Control Commission of the CPSU(B) for drafting the resolution on the breach of Party discipline by Zinoviev and Trotsky.
August 9th
In 1927, At a meeting of the joint plenum of the Central Committee and Central Control Commission of the CPSU(B), J. V. Stalin delivers a speech "With Reference to Hie Opposition's 'Declaration' of August 8, 1927."
August 11th
In 1927, Stalin is present at a meeting of the active of the Moscow organization of the CPSU(B) during the discussion of a report on the decisions of the August joint plenum of the Central Committee and Central Control Commission of the CPSU(B).
August 23rd
In 1927, Italian-born anarchists Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti were executed in Boston for the murders of two men during a 1920 payroll robbery in a controversial case. (In 1977, Sacco and Vanzetti were vindicated by Massachusetts Gov. Michael S. Dukakis, who declared that "any stigma and disgrace should be forever removed.").

1927 September


September 4th
In 1927, Stalin is present at a youth demonstration held in the Red Square, Moscow, to celebrate the thirteenth anniversary of International Youth Day.
September 9th
In 1927, Stalin has an interview with the first American labor delegation.
September 16th
In 1927, Stalin writes a letter to M. I. Ulyanova.
Stalin has a talk with the French writer Henri Barbusse.
September 27th
In 1927, At a joint meeting of the Presidium of the Executive Committee of the Communist International and the International Control Commission, J. V. Stalin delivers a speech on "The Political Complexion of the Russian Opposition."
September 30th
In 1927, Stalin has a talk with a group of members of the Executive Committee of the Comintern and with E. Thalmann, the chairman of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Germany.

1927 October


October 21-23rd
In 1927, Stalin directs the work of the joint plenum of the Central Committee and Central Control Commission of the G.P.S.U.(B).
October 23rd
In 1927, At a meeting of the joint plenum of the Central Committee and Central Control Commission of the CPSU(B), J. V. Stalin delivers a speech on "The Trotskyist Opposition Before and Now."
The joint plenum of the Central Committee and Central Control Commission of the CPSU(B) appoints J. V. Stalin to make the Central Com-mittee's political report at the Fifteenth Congress of the CPSU(B).
October 26th
In 1927, Stalin has a talk with a delegation of workers from the Moscow State Aircraft Factory.
October
In 1927, Stalin writes the synopsis of the article "The International Character of the October Revolution."

1927 November


November 3rd
In 1927, Tropical storm flooding kill s 84 in Winooski River Valley (Vt).
In 1927, The Eighth Krasnaya Presnya District Conference of the CPSU(B) elects J. V. Stalin as a delegate to the Sixteenth Moscow Gubernia Con-ference of the CPSU(B).
November 5th
In 1927, Stalin gives an interview to foreign workers' delegations who have arrived in the USSR to take part in the celebration of the tenth anniversary of the Great October Socialist Revolution.
November 6th
In 1927, Stalin delivers a speech of greetings at a meeting of the Moscow Soviet held to celebrate the tenth anniversary of the Great October Socialist Revolution.
November 6-7th
In 1927, J. V. Stalin's article "The International Character of the October Revolution. On the Occasion of the Tenth Anniversary of the October Revolution" is published in Pravda, No. 255.
November 7th
In 1927, Stalin is present at the military parade of the Moscow garrison and the demonstration of the work-ing people in the Red Square, Moscow, held in honour of the tenth anniversary of the Great October Socialist Revolution.
November 9th
In 1927, Stalin delivers a speech of greetings at a meeting in the Bolshoi Theatre, Moscow, called by the Central Council of the Society for the Promotion of Air and Chemical Defence of the USSR in honour of the tenth anniversary of the Groat October Socialist Revolution and the progress of aircraft construction in the USSR.
November 10th
In 1927, Stalin attends the first session of the World Congress of the Friends of the USSR held in the Hall of Columns of the House of Trade Unions.
November 12th
In 1927, Josef Stalin became the undisputed ruler of the Soviet Union as Leon Trotsky was expelled from the Communist Party.
November 14th
In 1927, Worlds largest gas tank in Pittsburgh Penn explodes; 28 die.
November 16th
In 1927, Stalin has a talk with a group of army personnel-delegates to the Seventh Party Conference of the Moscow Military Area.
November 18th
In 1927, J. V. Stalin's greetings to the Seventh Party Conference of the. Moscow Military Area are published in Krasnaya Zvezda, No. 263.
November 19th
In 1927, The First Leningrad Regional Conference of the CPSU(B) elects J. V. Stalin to the Leningrad Regional Committee of the CPSU(B).
November 23rd
In 1927, At the Sixteenth Moscow Gubernia Conference of the CPSU(B), J. V. Stalin delivers a speech on "The Party and the Opposition."
November 28th
In 1927, The Sixteenth Moscow Gubernia Conference of the CPSU(B) elects J. V. Stalin as a delegate to the Fifteenth Congress of the CPSU(B).

1927 December


December 2-19th
In 1927, Stalin directs the work of the Fifteenth Congress of the CPSU(B).
December 3rd
In 1927, Stalin delivers the political report of the Central Committee to the Fifteenth Congress of the CPSU(B).
December 7th
In 1927, Stalin replies to the discussion on the Central Committee's political report to the Fifteenth Congress of the CPSU(B).
December 12th
In 1927, The Fifteenth Party Congress elects J. V. Stalin to the commission for drafting the resolution on the report, of the CPSU(B) delegation in the Executive Committee of the Comintern.
December 16th
In 1927, Stalin writes an answer to the enquiry made by foreign press correspondents in Moscow concerning the counterfeit "articles by Stalin."
December 17th
In 1927, Stalin takes part in the meeting of the commission set up by the Fifteenth Congress of the CPSU(B) to draft the resolution on the report of the CPSU(B) delegation in the Executive Committee of the Comintern.
December 19th
In 1927, The Fifteenth Congress of the CPSU(B) elects J. V. Stalin to the Central Committee of the Party.
Stalin takes part in the work of the plenum of the Central Committee of the CPSU(B) that was elected by the Fifteenth Congress.
The plenum of the Central Coinmittee of the CPSU(B), with the participation of members of the Presidium of the Central Control Commission, elects J. V. Stalin to the Political Bureau, Organizing Bureau and Secretariat of the Central Committee, and appoints him General Secretary of the Central Committee of the CPSU(B).
December 27th
In 1927, Joseph Stalin's faction wins at the All-Union Congress in the Soviet Union and Leon Trotsky is expelled from the Communist party.


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