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Stalin hostile speech
communism & capitalism were incompatible. -
U.S.S.R. tests atomic bomb
U.S.S.R. developes its first atomic bomb and tests it in Moskow, Russia. -
Britan develops atomic bombs
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U.S. and U.S.S.R tensions escalate
Tensions between U.S.S.R. and the United States escalate with the test of atomic series 11 at the Nevada test site. -
The H-bomb
The first H-bomb is developed and tested at Castle-Brovo site in the United States. -
Sputnik I is launched
Sputnik I, the first man-made, artificial satelite was launched by the Soviet Union. -
The Russian president visits the United States
The Russian President Khrushchev, on his visit to the United States is denied access to Disneyland. -
France develops atomic bombs
France begins its development of the Atomic bomb -
U.S.S.R discovers spy plane
U.S.S.R shoots down an American spy plane over Russian territory. -
Nuclear test ban
The nuclear test ban treaty is ratefied. -
China developes atomic bombs
China develops and tests its first atomic bomb. -
Vietnam war
United States Marines are sent into the Dominican Republic to fight communism. -
The spread of communism
The soviet Red Army crushes the Checoslovokian revolt. -
The invasion of Afganastan
the Soviet Red Army invades Afganistan. -
Gorbachev becomes the Russian president
Mikhail Gorbachev becomes leader of the Soviet Union initiating a campaign of openness called "glasnost" and restructuring called "perestroika." -
No short ranged missles
U.S.S.R president Gorbechev and U.S President Regan resolve to remove all short ranged missles. -
Russia withdraws
Soviet troops withdraw from Afghanistan. -
The fall of the Berlin Wall
Communist governments fall in Czechoslovakia, Bulgaria, and Rumania.
Decline of the Soviet empire. -
Borris Yelstin elected
Boris Yeltsin elected as President of the U.S.S.R. -
Germany reunited
Germany becomes reunited after the fall of the Berlin Wall. -
The Soviet Union crumbles end of the Cold War
The fall of the Soviet Union. -
The ISS program begins
Vice president Al Gore and the Russian prime minister Viktor Chernomyrdin sign the 1993 treaty and join together to build a space station.
