- All measures all in pixels
ImageSize = width:160 height:550
PlotArea = width: 26 height:530 left:50 bottom:10 # alignment is wrong when plotarea width (25) equals bar width (25)
# will be fixed in next EasyTimeline update
AlignBars = early
DateFormat = yyyy
Period = from:1919 till:1991
TimeAxis = orientation:vertical
ScaleMajor = unit:year increment:5 start:1920
- there is no automatic collision detection,
- so shift texts up or down manually to avoid overlap
Define $dx = 25 # shift text to right side of bar
PlotData=
bar:Leaders color:red width:25 mark:(line,white) align:left fontsize:S
from:start till:1922 shift:($dx,15) text:Vladimir~Iljitj~Lenin
from:1922 till:1953 shift:($dx,5) text:Josef~Stalin
from:1953 till:1964 shift:($dx,5) text:Nikita~Khrusjtjov
from:1964 till:1982 shift:($dx,5) text:Leonid~Brezjnev
from:1982 till:1984 shift:($dx,-12) text:Jurij~Andropov
from:1984 till:1985 shift:($dx,4) text:Konstantin~Tjernenko fontsize:XS
from:1985 till:end shift:($dx,10) text:Mikhail~Gorbatjov