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Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
The Atomic Bombings of Hiroshima of Nagasaki by the US is the event that both ended the World War II and started the Cold War. -
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Iron Curtain
The Iron Curtain was the political boundary dividing Europe into two separate areas: The Eastern Bloc/Communist Bloc and the Western Bloc/Capitalist Bloc. -
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Kominform
Its goal was to unite the ideologies of communist nations after the Second World War and help to maintain Soviet influence over its satellite states. -
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Marshall Plan
The Marshall Plan was an American initiative to provide aid to Western Europe. The soviets rejected this plan. -
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Berlin Blockade
The Berlin Blockade was an attempt by the Soviet Union to prevent the United States, Great Britain and France from traveling to their respective sectors in Berlin, which were inside Russian-occupied East Germany. -
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NATO
North Atlantic Treaty Organization. Goals were to:
- Prevent Soviet expansionism
- Forbid Revival of Nationalist militarism in Europe
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First Lightning - URSS First Nuclear Weapon
This was the nuclear bomb used in the Soviet Union's first nuclear weapon test. The Soviets hoped to keep the test a secret to avoid encouraging the Americans to increase their atomic programs, and did not know that the United States had built a test-detection system. -
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Korean War
The Korean War was fought between North Korea and South Korea. North Korea was supported by China and the Soviet Union while South Korea was supported by the United States and allied countries. -
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Warsaw Pact
The Warsaw Pact was a collective defense treaty signed in Warsaw, Poland, between the Soviet Union and seven other Eastern Bloc socialist republics. It was established as a balance of power to the NATO and the Western Bloc. -
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Space Race
The Space Race was a competition between the United States and the Soviet Union, to achieve superior spaceflight capability. The Soviet Union launched first the Sputnik and the first man to space ever, Yuri Gagarin. However, the US sent the Apolo 11, the first to land the moon. -
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Vietnam War
It was fought between North Vietnam and South Vietnam. The north was supported by the Soviet Union, China, and other communist states, while the south was supported by the United States and other anti-communist allies.,It lasted almost 20 years, with direct U.S. involvement. -
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Berlin Wall
The Berlin Wall was a guarded concrete barrier that separated West Berlin of the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG), from East Berlin and the German Democratic Republic (GDR). -
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Cuban Missile Crisis
The Cuban Missile Crisis was the moment when the two superpowers came closest to nuclear conflict. Cuba was sent to place missiles by the Soviet Union, which threatened the U.S. Afterwards, the U.S put Cuba in a blockade. -
Strategic Arms Limitation Talks
SALT-I and SALT-II were treaties between the Soviet Union and the United States that limited the amount of nuclear missiles each country could have and how they could potentially be used. -
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Soviet-Afghan War
Despite all the victories from the Soviet Union, groups of jihadists who received aid from the United States and several Muslim countries, fought and won against the Soviet Army. -
Fall of the Berlin Wall
As the Cold War began to loosen, the spokesman for East Berlin Communist Party announced that citizens from the west were free to cross the country’s borders. More than 2 million people from East Berlin visited West Berlin that weekend to participate in a celebration. -
Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty
START I (Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty) was a treaty between the United States and the Soviet Union on the reduction and the limitation of strategic offensive arms. -
Disolution of the Soviet Union
A combination of disadvantageous political, economical and social factors contributed to a sense of instability and uncertainty in the Soviet Union, leading to its dissolution. -
End of Cold War
As soon as the Soviet Union dissolved, the Iron Curtain was lifted and the Cold War came to an end rapidly.