1924 CE

The death of Vladimir Lenin sparks a Soviet power struggle, aiding Joseph Stalin’s rise; the Abolition of the Caliphate by Mustafa Kemal Atatürk accelerates Turkey’s secularization; the 1924 Summer Olympics are held in Paris, introducing the first Olympic Village; the Second Zhili–Fengtian War intensifies China’s Warlord Era; the São Paulo Revolt of 1924 causes months of urban warfare; and the August Uprising in Georgia is brutally suppressed by Bolsheviks.

In the 1920s, the 20th century.