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First Communist Government is set up in Albania.
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Communists take over Poland
Truman Doctorine is announced in March of 1947. http://www.theoveranalyst.org/blog/2015/12/30/something-my-degree-taught-me -
Beginning of Berlin Airlift
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Soviet Union detonates its first atomic bomb.
In October of this same year, the Communists win the Chinese Civil War. http://www.historywiz.com/coldwar.htm -
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Korean War ends
In August of this same year, the U.S. sponsors an overthrow of the Iranian government.
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Warsaw Pact is Formed
In July of this same year, President D. Eisenhower and Premier Nikita Khrushchev have the First Summit Meeting.
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Warsaw Pact Is Signed
This pact included The Soviet Union, Albania, Poland, Romania, Hungary, Bulgaria, East Germany, and Czechoslovakia.
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Soviets launch their first ever man-made satellite
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Fidel Castro enforces Communist Government while Premier of Cuba
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Cubas Bay of Pigs invasion
In August of this same year, the Berlin Wall is built by East Germany.
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Sino-Soviet Conflict Begins
In October of this same year, the Cuban Missile Crisis begins.
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President of the United States, Richard Nixon, goes to China
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The reunification of Germany is decided by George Bush and Mikhail Gorbachev
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Unsuccessful overthrow of Mikhail Gorbachev is staged by rebellious group against Communism
In this same year, Boris Yeltsin becomes president of Russia, and the Soviet Union is terminated.
http://www.breitbart.com/london/2016/06/22/brexit-eu-going-way-soviet-union-2/
