The Fall of the Soviet Union

By dreamchaser

  • Civil War

    Soviets have full control of Russia, but this war was a multi- party war.

  • Treaty of Brest- Livosk

    This was a peace treaty, and it was signed on March 3rd, 1918.

  • Last of the Romanovs

    Were the second and last imperial dynasty to rule Russia.

  • Stalin’s Five Year Plans

    Were a series nation- wide centralized economic plans in the Soviet Union.

  • world war 2

    World war was armed conflict between multiple nations that started in 1939 and ended in 1945.

  • Joe 1

    Joe 1 is just a nickname for a nuclear weapon test which real name is RDS- 1.

  • Hydrogen Bomb

    Also known as Tella-Ulam design and it is a nuclear weapon design.

  • Creation of the politburo

    • This was made for policy making by the government from the communist party of the Soviet Union.

  • Warsaw Pact

    This was an organization of friendship, Cooperation, and mutual assistance; it was a mutual defense treaty between eight communist states.

  • Sputnik

    • this was the artificial satellite to go in space and orbit the earth.

  • Laika and Sputnik 3

    This was a soviet space dog that became the first animal to orbit the earth with the first satellite the orbited the earth.

  • Creation of the Berlin wall

    This was a wall built by the German Democratic Republic, and this wall was built to completely cut off East Berlin from West Berlin.

  • 1968 Invasion of Czechoslovakia

    • the Soviet Union and their main powers invaded this place and they killed 108 people.

  • Salt 1

    The first round of the bilateral talk that corresponding the Soviet Union, and United States.

  • salt 2

    • The second round of the bilateral talk the corresponding the Soviet Union, and United States.

  • Soviet Afghan War

    This was a war that lasted for nine years during the cold war, and this war involved the Russians.

  • Glasnost

    This was a policy introduced by Mikhail Gorbachev.

  • Perestroika

    This was to reconstruct the soviet political system.

  • Gorbachev becomes leader-

    He becomes leader after the death of Chernenko.

  • Chemobyl Disaster

    This was a severe nuclear accident that occurred in 1986, and the weapon exploded and released a lot of radioactive contamination in the air.

  • Voting Reforms by Gorbachev

    This act allowed soviet citizens to vote for people other than communist party members.

  • Lithuania and Latvia Protests

    A peaceful demonstration of protesting, also known as the Baltic Way.

  • Fall of the Berlin Wall

    On November 9, 1989 the wall was knocked down. (NOT FULLY)

  • Gorbachev steps down

    He steps down after working on the board for multiple years.

  • Voting Reforms by Gorbachev

    Allowing citizens to vote for more people than the communist party.