The timeline shows major changes in Russia’s history between 1910 and 1930. A timeline listing events from 1910 to 1950. 1914 to 1918, World War 1. 1917, Lenin and the Bolsheviks created the Communist Party. 1922, the U S S R was formed. 1924, Lenin died. 1927, blank. Which event best matches the year 1927? The tsar was executed. The New Economic Policy was introduced. Political parties were banned in the Soviet Union. Joseph Stalin seized power.