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Cold War Begins
Big Three (FDR, Churchill, Stalin) meet at Yalta Conference, Soviets pledge to enter war. -
Communists take over Czechoslovakia
Czechoslovakia becomes a Communist country -
Russia tests 1st atomic bomb
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Korean War Begins
Stalin supports North Korea, US supports South Korea. -
Vietnam Spilts at the 17th parallel
North becomes communist, South is a democracy. -
Sputkik launched into space
The Soviet Union enters the space age. -
Cuba aligns itself with Soviet Union
Follows SU policies on communism led by Fidel Castro. -
Bay of Pigs Invasions
Failed Military invasion of Cuba by the United States -
Berlin Wall Construction Begins
Germany splits into the east and west -
United States and China establish diplomatic relations
Agree to get along -
Chernobyl in the Ukraine explodes
Worst Soviet nuclear plant accident, became known and the Chernobyl disaster -
Regan and Gorbachev meet
Agree to remove all medium and short-range nuclear missles. -
Decline of the Soviet Union
Poland, Hungary, Czechoslovakia, Bulgaria, Rumania become independent. -
Boris Yeltsin elected President of Russia
Soviet Union at the end -
End of the Cold War
Soviet Empire collapses
