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Richard Nixon and Policy Of Detente
President Nixon pursued the Policy of Detente which basically relaxed the tension between nations, the U.S and the Soviet Union. -
Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan
The Soviet Union invades Afghanistan to expand their influence. -
Solidarity Movement in Poland
A Polish trade union that became the first independent labour union in a soviet country. -
Ronald Reagan adresses the National Association Of Evangelicals
He explained the the cold war between the United States and Soviet Union. Also talked about other international affairs. This speech came to be known as Reagan's "Evil Empire" speech because of the "evil empire" term he used to descrive the Soviet Union. -
Strategic Defense Initiative
Also known as "Star Wars", this was a program to develop a missile system to prevent missile attacks from other countries. -
Summit in Geneva, Switzerland
Meeting of the "Big Four". (Dwight Eisenhower, Anthony Eden from Britian, Nikolai Bulgnanin from the Soviet Union, and Edgar Faure from France). This meeting was to bring world leaders together to discuss peace. -
Reykjavik Summit, Iceland
General Mikhail Gorbachev and Ronald Reagan met at the stark and picturesque Hofdi House in Reykjavik, Iceland. They tried to get an agreement on bilateral nuclear arms reductions. -
Reagan makes a speech at Brandendberg Gate, West Berlin
Ronald Reagan spoke Mikhail Gorbachev to destroy the Berlin Wall. -
Reagan and Gorbachev sign INF Treaty
A treaty designed to eliminate U.S. and Soviet medium-range nuclear missiles from Europe. -
Gorbachev, Perestroika, Glasnot
A program that introuduced changes in economic practice, internal affairs, and international relations. -
Fall of the Berlin Wall
The fall of the Berlin Wall started when it was first built in 1961. It took about three decades until the Wall was torn down all the way. -
Fall of Soviet Union
Soviet Union fell due to the great number of radical reforms that Mikhail Gorbachev had implemented during his six years as the leader of the USSR.
