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Strategic Defense Iniative
Stategic Defense Initiative proposed by Reagan -
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1983-1991
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Gorbachev Rains
Mikhail Gorbachev rises to power over USSR. -
Oil Depression
Oil prices and production fall steeply from 1985 -
Soviet Satelittes
Soviet satelitte aid ended by Gorbachev -
Soviet Troops
Withdraw of Soviet troops from Afghanistan -
Poland's Election
Polands solidarity movement wins election -
Communism Falls
Communist Governments fall along with the Berlin wall -
Germany re-unites
East and West Germany re-unite -
USSR passed law allowing break away of republics
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USSR Dissolved
USSR declared dissolved along with the Warsaw Pact -
Warsaw Pact Nations
USSR pulls out all troops from Warsaw Pact nations
