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Stalin
General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union from 1923-1953 -
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Truman
Role in Cold War - supported foes of Communism -
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Eisenhower
Ended war in Korea -
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Khrushchev
Serving as premier for Soviet Union -
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Kennedy
Famous for Cuban Missile Crisis, Nuclear Test-Ban Treaty, and Alliance for Progress -
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Brezhnev
Took control of Soviet Union in 1964 -
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Nixon
Wanted to improve relations between United States and its two communist opponents, Soviet Union and China -
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Gorbachev
Elected president in 1990 - for 5 year term -
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Castro
Established the first Communist state in the west -
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Reagen
Created strategic defense initiative to develop weapons based in space to protect the United States from Soviet attacks -
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Milosevic
Former president of Serbia, led the socialist party