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Stalin
Stalin was the leader of the Soviet Union from the mid 1920's to his death in 1953. -
Ho Chi Minh
Ho Chi Minh was the Vietmaniese leader during 1945-1955 and president during 1945-1969. Established a communist rule in Vietnam in 1945. -
Iron Curtain
The Iron Curtain symbolized the division of Europe into two seperate areas from the end of World War 2 to the end of the Cold War. -
United Nations
United Nations is a international organization which focused on internation security, law, economic development etc. It is to achieve world peace. -
Truman Doctrine
Truman Doctrine was a international relations policy set by the US Preisednt Harry Truman. It would support Greece and Turkey with militant, economic support. -
The Marshall Plan
It was a Europena Recovery Plan. The US gave economic relief to Europe. -
European Economic Co-operation
Emerged from the Marshall Plan. It worked to establish a permant organization to continue work on a joint recovery program. -
Berlin Airlift
With Berlin sepearted among countries, the Soviet Union controlling the eastern half, the US flies supplies to eastern Berlin.
Truman is not going to abandon Berlin. He has C-54's airlift supplies to people in Berlin. -
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
The organization constitutes a collective defence where members agree to mutual defence. NATO'S headquaters is in Brussels, Belgium. -
People's Republic of China
In 1949 People's Republic of China formally announced that Beijing as its capital. -
The Korean War
The Korean War was between Republic of Korea and Democratic People's Republic of Korea. South Korea and North Korea. The war ended in July 27th 1953. -
Explosion of the first hydrogen bomb
The US demonstrates the first thermonuclear weapon. They test it on Eniwetok atoll in the Pacific. It would give the United States a short lead in the nuclear arms race. -
Khrushchev
Khrushchev served as First Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. Chairman of the Council of Ministers. -
Geneva Accords
The Geneva Accord was a meeting that took place in Genva, Switzerland to try and unify Vietnam and restoring peace in Indochina. -
KGB
The KGB is a Committee of Secret Securtiy. It was the cheif government agency. They acted as internal security and intellegence. -
Warsaw Pact
Lasted from 1955 to 1991.Mutual Defense treaty between 8 communist states Central and East Europe. -
Suez Canal/ Nasser
A diplomatic and militant confrontation in late 1956. President of Egypt was attacked im 1956 to nationalize the Canal. -
Sputnik
Sputnik was the first artifical Earth satellite. It was a 585 meter diameter polished metal sphere. The Soviet Union launched it in 1957.
This was the end of the Space Race. -
Berlin Wall
The Berlin Wall is erected to seperate East Berlin and West Berlin. People were trying to flee the east and go to the west. To stop this Stalin had the Berlin Wall built over night. -
Cuban Missile Crisis
The Cuban Missle Crisis was a confrontation with the Soviet Union and Cuban on one side and the US on the other side. The confrontation lasted for 13 days. -
Leonid Brezhnev
Leonid presided over 18 years as General Secrtary. The Soviets power grew vastly because of their military power. -
Tet Offensive
The Tet Offensive was a campaign during the Vietnam War. It started in 1968 -
Helsinki Accords
The Helsinki Accords was the final Confrence of Security and Co-Operation in Europe. -
Iranian Hostel Crisis
52 Americans were held hostage for 444 days. A group of Islamist students and militant supporters took over a American Embassy. -
Russian Invasion of Afghanistan
The Soviet's invasion of Afghanistan lasted from Dec. 1979 to February 1989. The Afghanistan military recieved billions of dollars from the US, UK, Saudi Arbia. -
Moscow Olympics
65 countries boycotted the games beacause the Soviet Union had a war going in Afghanistan. -
Lech Walesa and the Solidarity Movement in Poland
Lech Walesa was the co-founder of Solidtary, President of Poland from 1990 to 1995. -
Gorbachev
Gorbachev was the General Secratary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union from 1981 to 1991. He was the first and last president of the Soviet Union. -
Los Angeles Olympics
Known as the Games of the XXIII Olympid. 14 countries boycotted the Games. Soviet Union Cuba etc. -
Perestroika and Glasnost
Gorbachev's watchwords for the renovation of the Soviet body. -
Chernobyl
A Nuclear plant in Pripyat explodes causing hundreds of thousands of people to be open to radiation. Chernobyl is the plant's name, it is outside the town of Pripyat.
The plant exploding and the effect it had on the citizens of the city show us the danger of nuclear weapons. -
Vietnam
Vietnam's government became a series of economic and political reforms. -
Tiananmen Square
A large city in the center of Beijing, China. Held a pro-demoracy movement in1989 -
Berlin Wall torn down
The Berlin Wall was torn down as a symbol of freedom in Germany. Communism was gotten rid of in Germany.
Communism was no longer in Germany. The East and West parts of Berlin were reunited. -
Yeltsin
Emerged from perestroika reform as one of Gorbachevmost powerful politican. 1990 elected Chairman of Russian Supreme Soviet. -
End of the USSR
The USSR collapsed in 1991. With the deaths of USSR leaders and a standstill economy it made it easy for the Soviet Union to fall. -
Putin
Moved to Moscow and joined Boris Yeltsin administration. He was a Lieutant Colonel. Acting President in 1999
