Gorbachev comes to power and enacts perestroika and glasnost
Communist revolutionaries take over mainland China
The USSR withdraws from Afghanistan
The USSR launches Sputnik, starting the Space Race
United States withdraws from Vietnam
China’s communist government is recognized by NATO and its allies
Poland is the first to quit communism peacefully
The USSR tests their first nuclear weapon
Boris Yeltsin becomes the leader of Russia
The Baltic countries declare independence from the USSR
The Berlin Wall is dismantled
The Iranian Hostage Crisis
The USSR tests Tsar Bomba, the largest nuke ever
The construction of the Berlin Wall
The Soviet military crushes the Hungarian Revolution
Churchill claims an “iron curtain” had descended on Eastern Europe
The USSR begins its invasion of Afghanistan
The USA and USSR agree to limit nuclear weapons with SALT I & II
The USA flouts the Berlin Blockade with the Berlin Airlift
North Korea invades South Korea
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