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treaty of brest-livosk
THIS TREATY SIGNED A TREATY THAT GAVE AWAY THE LAND AROUND RUSSIA TO GERMANY. THIS SHOWED THAT LENIN WAS WEAK. -
last of the romanovs
ENDED IN 1917 AND ENDED A 300 YEAR DYNASTY -
russia civil war
many groups opposed lenin and began to rebel they divided into to main groups one were called the reds while the others were the whites -
STALINS 5 YEAR PLAN
STALIN HAD PLANS FOR GROWTH AND HE DID IT IN 5 YEARS SECTIONS THE FIRST FIVE YEARS FOCUSED PRIMARILY ON INDUSTRIALIZATION -
JOE 1
THE NICKNAME FOR THE FIRST NUCLEAR BOMB EVER TESTED -
HYDROGEN BOMB
A NUCLEAR BOMB THAT USES THE DIVISION OF HYDROGEN MOLECULES THE CREATES AN EXPLOTION -
LAIkA AND SPUTNIK 3
was the first animal to get launched into orbit as well as the first to die in orbit. -
WARSAW PACT
WAS AGREEMENT OF FRIENDSHIP, COOPERATION AND MUTUAL ASSISTANCE COMMONLY REFERED TO AS THE WARSAW PACT. -
SPUTNIK
SPUTNIC WAS THE FIRST SATALITE TO BE PUT INTO EARTHS ORBIT -
CREATION OF BERLIN WALL
THE CREATION OF THE BERLIN WALL WAS TO KEEP THE EVERYONE WHO WAS IN WEST BERLIN IN WEST BERLIN AND TO KEEP ALL THE OTHER PEOPLE OUT OF IT. -
GORBACHEV BECOMES LEADER
was a nine year proxy war that went on during the cold war -
1968 INVASION OF CZECHSLOVOKIA
CZECHSLOVOKIA WAS INVADED IN 1968 BY RUSSIA AND 4 OTHER WARSAW PACT MEMBERS. BECAUSE THEY TRIED TO LIBERATE THEMSELVES. -
SALT 1
STRATEGIC ARMS LIMITATION TALK -
SALT 2
A NEWER MORE IN DEPT VERSION OF SALT ONE THIS ACT MADE A MORE CLEAR AND PERMANENT LAWS ABOUT NULEAR OFFENSE. -
PERESTROIKA
economic reform put in place by gorbachev -
GORBACHEV BECOMES LEADER
GORBACHEV BECOMES LEADER IN 1985 -
CHERNOBYL DISASTER
THIS WAS A NUCLEAR ACCIDENT THAT HAPPENED IN RUSSIA WHEN A REACTOR FROM THE CHERNOBYL PLANT BLEW UP IN A MASS EXPLOSION. -
GLASNOST
an act that increased transparency in the government institutions and activities in the soviet union -
VOTING REFORMS BY GORBACHEV
HE MADE IT SO THAT ANYONE COULD RUN FOR A SEAT IN THE LEGISLATURE COMUNIST OR NOT. -
LITHUANIA AND LATVIA PROTESTS
lithuania and Latvia reestablished relations after they decleared independents in 1991. -
GORBACHEV STEPS DOWN
in 1991 gorbachev steped down from office after 7 years in office and 2 years as president. -
BORI YELTSIN BECOMES PRESIDENT
he reformed the soviet union when