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Richard Nixon policy of detente
Nixon starts to work with the soviet union. Beginning of a policy called Detente. -
Soviet invasion of afganastan
the soviet Union invades Afghanastan. The soviets went to war to overthrow Afghanastan's leader. -
Address to the National Association of Evangelics
Reagan labels the soviet union as an evil empire during this speach. He later took back what he said about the soviet union. -
Star wars
The anouncement of the Strategic defense Initiative. "What if free people could live secure in the knowledge that their security did not rest on the threat of instant US retaliation to deter a Soviet attack; that we could intercept and destroy strategic ballistic missiles before they reached our own soil or that of our allies?" Ronald Reagan -
Summit in Geneva
Reagan and gorbachev meet for the irst time. They discuss limiting weapons. "We viewed the Geneva meeting realistically, without grand expectations, yet we hoped to lay the foundations for a serious dialogue in the future." Gorbachev. -
reykjavik
A The capital of iceland. Talks beetween the soviet union and the US to limit nuclear weapons took place there. -
Gorbachev, perestroyka Glasnost
grobachev ame to power in 1990, perestroika was a movment to reform the govermet. Glasnost was a policy of increasing transparancy in the Soviet union. -
Speach at Brandenberg Gae
Reagan's famous speach where he said "Mr.gorbechev tear down this wall. " -
signing of the INF Treaty
A treaty to eleminate nulear weapons between the soviet union and the U.S. over 2000 weapons were destroyed becouse of the signing of this treaty. -
Solidarity movment in Poland
the Solidarity trade union take control of the senate. -
Fall of he Berlin Wal
The re-uniting of Berlin. "The Berlin Wall wasn't the only barrier to fall after the collapse of the Soviet Union and the end of the Cold War. Traditional barriers to the flow of money, trade, people and ideas also fell." Fareed Zakaria -
Fall of the soviet Union
the Soviet union dissolves after collapse of goverment. The end of the cold war.
