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Contemporary Western World
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West German Chancellor Willy Brandt wins Nobel Peace Prize
In March 1971 WIlly Brandt worked out the details of a treaty with East Germany that led to greater cultural, personal, and economic contacts between West and East Germany. -
Mikhail Gobachev assumes leadership of Soviet Union
Mikhail Gobachev's leadership of the Soviet Union brought about the end of the Cold War. -
Intermediate-range Nuclear Force Treaty
Eliminates the use of intermdediate range nuclear weapons. -
Communist Party conference initiates political reforms
The conference accomplished several tasks
1. The establishment of a new Soviet parliament (the Congress of People's Deputies)
2. Decreed that non-communist political parties could organize
3. Got rid of a constitutional provision taht guaranteed the Communist Party a leading role in government
4. Created a new state presidency -
German Reunification
After being seperated into East and West Germany, the two sides finally unified and the Berlin Wall was torn down. -
Gorbachev's arrest
A group of conservative leaders that had been living well thanks to corruptions in the government rectified by Gorbachev attempted to arrest him and seize power. However, the president of the Russian Republic Boris yeltsin and thousands of Russians managed to thwart their attempt -
Ukraine votes for independence
A week after Ukraine's vote for independence the leaders of Russia, Ukraine, and Belarus announced that the Soviet Union was disbanded -
Gorbachev resigns and gives presidency to Boris Yeltsin
After Gorbachev's resignation, he turned his duties as commander in cheief over to Boris Yeltin -
Canadian voters refuse the independence of Quebec
Canadian voters turned down a vote that would allow Quebec to become independent. -
Serbian treaty splitting Bosnia into a loose union of the Serb Republic
Attacks on civilans from Bosnia caused Serbia to agree to sign a treaty allowing them to become a loose union of the Serb Republic -
Vladimir Putin
An ex KGB agent Vladimir Putin becomes the president of Russia.