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Creation Of The Politburo
1917-1966: The creation of the politburo was a way for the communist party to elect their leaders; they had the KGB a form of police that took out anybody in their way. -
Russian Civil War
November 7th, 1917 This war was between the Soviets and the White Army. The Soviets won the war and this is important for the Soviets because they get to rule and make their own government. -
Treaty Of Brest-Litvosk
December 3th, 1917, it was a conference between Russia other countries (Germany, Austria) led by Trotsky. Lenin signed this treaty and lost land to Germany because they wanted to get out of World War 1. -
Last of The Romanovs
July 1918: This was important because the Soviet Union was able to take over Russia and all of the Russians were killed. -
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Stalin’s Five Year Plans
1932: This plan was successful for the Soviet Union because it was the start of the Industrial revolution. -
World War II
1939: The USSR (United Soviet Socialist Republic) won back land at the end of World War II. It was a global conflict. -
Joe 1
August 29, 1949: The Joe 1 also known as the RDS-1 was both good and bad for the Soviet Union because it made Soviet Union message clearer but it was bad because it started war and it began a lot of fighting. -
Warsaw Pact
May 15, 1955: This pact was created so that if any country in the pact were to be the victim of aggression, the other countries in the pact would defend them. The signing of the pact became a symbol of Soviet dominance in Eastern Europe. The treaty helped the Soviet Union because it gave them assistance and help whenever they needed it. -
Sputnik 2
November 3, 1957: By launching Sputnik into orbit it made the Soviet Union it enhanced the technology for the Soviet military and it was a terrific idea. -
Laika And Sputnik 3
November 3, 1957: By launching this new rocket was a huge improvement because there was a dog named Laika and it was a dog to see if humans and animals could last in outer space. -
Creation of the Berlin Wall
1961: The Berlin wall was created to separate East Germany form West Germany and it was very significant. -
Invasion Of Czechoslovakia
1968: The invasion of Czechoslovakia was when the Soviet Union Army and four other Warsaw pact armies invaded Czechoslovakia to reform a movement known as the Prague Spring. -
Salt 1
1969: Salt 1 was a series of, meeting between the United States and the Soviet Union referring to Strategic Arms and Limitation Talks. -
Salt II:
November 1972: The purpose of Salt II was to replace the Interim Agreement with a long term comprehensive treaty. Also when Salt II came along was when the treaty of nuclear weapons was signed. -
Soviet-Afghan War:
December 27, 1979: This war was a soviet intervention in Afghanistan. This war brought many catastrophes to the Soviet and Afghan nations. This was bad for the soviets becuase it brought catastrophes. -
Perestroika
It was a program of political, economical and social restricting that was created by Mikhail Gorbachev. He restructured the entire program which leads to the collapse. Thid was bad for the soviets because it leads to the collapse of goverment -
Glastnost
March 1985: He introduces this new word that means openness and it is important because they are now open to the government. -
Gorbachev becomes leader
March 1985: This was important because Mikhail Gorbachev becomes the communist party general secretary and this was important because He made many reforms out in the West while they developed a momentum of their own. -
Chernobyl Disaster
April 1986: This disaster at the nuclear power plant in Ukraine when a reactor designed coupled with serious mistakes. It was a direct effect of the Cold War. The accident destroyed the Chernobyl 4, reactor, killed 30 operators and many firemen in 3 months. -
Free elections in Poland, Czechoslovakia, Hungary:
1989: This was significant because it introduced a new democratic political order, signed a new constitutional order, and founded a democratic structure for a multi- party system building. This was good for the soviets -
Fall of the Berlin Wall:
November 9, 1989: On this day the border surrounding western and eastern Germany falls and separates and there is no more Berlin wall. This was bad for soviets because it ended dictatorship. -
Lithuania and Latvia Protests
1990: This was significant because they collapsed and everyone was linking together. This Protest was designed to draw global attention by demonstrating a popular desire for independence for each of the different parts. -
Boris Yeltsin becomes President
1990: Boris Yeltsin is elected as the new president of the Russian Soviet Federation Socialist Republic by the latter’s parliament and he leaves the soviet communist party. This was bad for the soviets. -
Voting Reforms by Gorbachev
1987: Gorbachev institutes reforms in voting; this allows the Soviet citizens to vote for people other than Communist Party members, but the Communist Party of the Soviet Union suffers minimal loss in the elections and this important for the soviets becuase it allows the people have free voting rights. -
Gorbachev Resigns
December 25, 1991: Mikhail Gorbachev resigns as the Soviet president and this was important because the U.S recognizes the independence of the remaining Soviet republics. This was good for the soviets. -
Hydrogen Bomb
August 12, 1953: When creating this destructive bomb it made their self- esteem higher and it gave them more confidence and make their country rise stronger.
