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Soviet Union
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U-2 incident, Space Race
This is when the Soviets shot down the U.S. spy plane and took the pilot captive -
Leonid Brezhnev, USSR
took offcie in 1964 to 1982 -
Nikita Khrushchev
he was voted to be removed from power -
Soviet Union
armed forces from the warsaw pact nations invaded Chechoslovakia -
Man on moon, Space Race
The U.S.landed a man on the moon for the first time ever -
U.S, space race
First American in space (Alan Shepard) -
USSR, space race
First manned space station, Salyut 1 -
Nixon
He was the first president togo to the USSR and communst China -
SALT
In 1972, Nixon and Soviet leaders began SALT -
SALT II
Carter and Brezhnev singed SALT II -
USSR
In 1979 the Soviets invade Afganistan. Ten years later, Soviets withdraw with defeat. -
Ronald Reagan
Ronald Reagan came to office for the U.S. -
USSR
The fromer leader of the Soviet Union dies. Reformers in the country begin to make political and economic changes. -
Star wars
This was a program that was made by Reagen to Protect America against enemy missiles -
USSR
Gorbachev becomes leader of the Soviet Union. He introduces the programs glasnost and perestroika, to help rebuild the Soviet Union's economy. -
Mikhail Gorbachev, USSR
MIkhail took office in 1985 -1991 -
USSR
Gorbachev released two activists who had been imprisoned for denouncing the invasion of Afganistan. -
USSR
The Soviet Union allows the private ownership of business. The Congress of People's Deputies replaces the old Supreme Soviet Union -
Soviet Union
The last of the troops were pulled out of Afghanistan -
Democracy
10,000 people gatherd in Wenceslas Square in the center of prague. they demanded democracy and freedom -
East German, USSR
the communist party had ceased to exist -
USSR
Boris Yeltin becomes President of the Russian Republic. He surpireses everyone by quitting the communist party. -
Germany
Germant was officially reunited -
USSR
A group of hard-line communist had a failed coup. Yeltin defends Gorbachev. A new alliance is made to replace the Soviet Union. The Soviet Union is no more. -
Soviet Union, 15 republics
Soviet Union breaks up into 15 republics
