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russians in the middle east
the soviets invade afghanistan for better acces to the indan ocean, naval fleets and make trade easier as well as for their natural resouces -
out with the old in with the new
konstantin chernenko dies.mikhail gorbachev takes his place as general secretaryof communist party.gorbachev fires everyone and replaces them with younger people who sharea his views Gorbachev talks about the need for prestroika -
Period: to
Perestroika
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ka-BOOM
chernobyl nuclear power station explodes leaving ukraine, belarus and more in nuclear fallout -
you don't nuke us and we don't nuke you
Gorbachev meets with Ronald reagan and signs the immediate nuclear forces abolition treaty and agrees to stop interfering in domestic polocies in other countries -
withdrawl
soviet troops leave afghanistan
