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1948 in the Soviet Union

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Other events of 1948Timeline of Soviet history

The following lists events that happened during 1948 in the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics.

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Events

  • Joseph Stalin sends the first advisers to China in an effort to repair the economic damage brought on by years of civil war.
  • At the request of Mao Zedong, Joseph Stalin Sends railroad construction expert I.V. Kovalev with a team of 300 engineers and laborers to repair deteriorated or destroyed Manchurian railways.
  • March 10 - Extreme restrictions are placed on German traffic from the Soviet Zone into Berlin.
  • June 24 - The Soviets implement a total blockade of all ground and water transport into or out of Berlin. The blockade will last nearly a full year, ending May 12, 1949.

    • Deaths

  • Boris Fomin.

    • References

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