5 Dec 1936Kazakh SSR created
5 Dec 1936Kirghiz SSR created
5 Dec 1936Transcausian SFSR splitinto Armenian, Azerbaidzhan& Georgian SSRs
Jul 1937Japan invades China
29 Jul–11 Aug 1938Soviet-Japaneseclash atLake Khasan
Oct 1938Germany movesinto Czechoslovakia
Apr 1939Nationalists winSpanish Civil War
11 May–16 Sep 1939Soviet-Japaneseclash atKhalkhin Gol