# Berlin Blockade (1948)

URL: https://history-russia.com/timeline/1948-berlin-blockade
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The USSR blocked land access to West Berlin from June 1948 to May 1949. The Western allies supplied the city by air. The same year the Lysenko session of August 1948 banned genetics. NATO was founded in April 1949. The blockade was the first major crisis of the Cold War.

## Why it matters
The blockade was the first major crisis of the Cold War.

Ruler at the time: [Joseph Stalin](https://history-russia.com/rulers/joseph-stalin)

## Sources
- [Wikipedia — Berlin Blockade](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berlin_Blockade)
- [Wikipedia — Lysenkoism](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lysenkoism)
- [Wikipedia — Khrushchev thaw](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khrushchev_thaw)
- [Encyclopaedia Britannica topic lookup — Berlin Blockade](https://www.britannica.com/search?query=Berlin+Blockade)
- [Wikipedia — Timeline of Russian history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_Russian_history)