1920 in Russia

none 1920 Events from the year 1920 in Russia. Incumbents Chairman of the Council of People's Commissars of the Russian SFSR – Vladimir Lenin Events Russia Civil War (1918–1920) Polish-Soviet War (1919–1921) Legalization of Abortion (1920–1936)Potts Malcom https://books.google.com/books?id=T205AAAAIAAJ&lpg=PA65&dq=lenin%20soviet%20first%20country%20abortion&pg=PA65#v=onepage&q=lenin%20soviet%20first%20country%20abortion&f=false Abortion Diggory P. Peel 1977-10-27 CUP Archive 978-0-521-21442-1 en Battle of Warsaw (12-25 August)Westera Rick Historical Atlas of Northern Eurasia (12 August 1920): Battle of Warsaw https://omniatlas.com/maps/northern-eurasia/19200812/ 2026-03-24 Omniatlas en Treaty of Tartu signed with Estonia, ending the Estonian War of Independence (2 February)Tartu Peace, 2 February 1920 https://vm.ee/en/tartu-peace 2026-06-04 Estonian Ministry of Foreign Affairs en Execution of Admiral Alexander Kolchak, the White movement's Supreme Ruler, at Irkutsk (7 February)Admiral Alexander Kolchak's archives have been declassified. Why is the White Army leader still so controversial? https://meduza.io/en/feature/2019/03/25/admiral-alexander-kolchak-s-archives-have-been-declassified-why-is-the-white-army-leader-still-so-controversial 2019-03-25 2026-06-04 Meduza en Polish and allied Ukrainian forces capture Kiev in the Kiev offensive of the Polish-Soviet War (7 May)Russo-Polish War https://www.britannica.com/event/Russo-Polish-War-1919-1920 2026-06-04 Encyclopædia Britannica en The Tambov Rebellion against grain requisitioning begins (August)Peasant Uprisings/Tambovshchina https://encyclopedia.1914-1918-online.net/article/peasant-uprisingstambovshchina/ 2026-06-04 1914-1918-online. International Encyclopedia of the First World War en An armistice with Poland is signed at Riga, leading to the 1921 Peace of Riga (12 October) Defeat at the siege of Perekop forces Pyotr Wrangel to order the evacuation of his army and civilians from the Crimea, ending organized White resistance in European Russia (November)1920: The 'Black Baron' And The White Exodus From Crimea https://www.rferl.org/a/black-baron-white-russia-exodus-crimea-1920-bolsheviks-wrangel-anniversary/30944456.html 2020-11-13 2026-06-04 RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty en The Eighth All-Russian Congress of Soviets approves the GOELRO plan for national electrification (22 December)Communism is Soviet Power + Electrification of the Whole Country https://soviethistory.msu.edu/1921/electrification-campaign/communism-is-soviet-power-electrification-of-the-whole-country/ 2026-06-04 Michigan State University Seventeen Moments in Soviet History en Births January 1 – Noor Inayat Khan, Russian born Indian espionage spy for Britain January 14 – Vahe Danielyan, Soviet soldier and concentration camp survivor July 11 – Yul Brynner, Russian-born actor, singer, and director Zecharia Sitchin, Soviet-born American author November 29 – Yegor Ligachyov, politician December 6 – Nikolai Kirtok, World War II fighter pilot Deaths July 2016 9 March - Lidija Figner, revolutionary and a prominent member of the Narodniks (born 1853) 24 September - Inessa Armand, Female revolutionary, French-Russian communist politician, member of the Bolsheviks and a feminist (born 1874) 17 October - John Reed (journalist), American journalist, poet, and communist activist (born 1887) References 1920 1920 Category:Years of the 20th century in Russia Category:1920 by country Category:1920 in Europe Category:1920 in Asia Category:1920s in Russia