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The End of the Cold War
These are events were leading to the end of the Cold War. -
U.S. boycott of 1980 Summer Olympics
65 countries boycotted the 1980 summer olympics. They boycotted it because it was in Ruassia and Russia was at war with Afganistan. -
Strategic Defense Initiative
Was a program that used ground-based and space-based systems to protect the U.S from nuclear attacks. It was designed for denfense not offensive attacks. -
Caribbean Basin Initiative
The CBI was created to give several trade and tariff benefits. This was mostly for many Central American countries and Carribean countries. -
Iran-Contra Affair
Was a political scandal in the U.S. Senior administration officials secretly facilitated the sale of arms to Iran to free 7 American hostages. -
Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty
A treaty that eliminated and coventional ground-launched ballistic and cruise missiles with intermediate ranges. The range was between 500-5,500 km. -
Berlin Wall collapses
Was a wall that cut off West Berlin from surronding East Germany and East Berlin that was destroyed in 1990. The wall collasping paved the way for German reunification. -
1st McDonalds opens in Moscow
The Soivet Unions first fast-food restaurant opened in Moscow. The appearance of this notorious symbol of capitalism and the enthusiastic reception, Russian people knew that the Soviet Union and Russia were changing. -
Germany is reunified
The German Democratic republic joined the federal republic of Germany to form the reunioned Germany. This led to a peacful Revolution. A series of protests by East Germany. -
Warsaw Pact is dissolved
The collaspe of Soviet power in the Eastern Europe. This happened because cummunism was declining and they lost power. -
Boris Yelstin elected President of Russia
Was a Russian politician and first president of the Russian Federation. He promised to change Russia's Socialist command economy into a free market economy. However it caused curroption, inflation, economic collaspe and huge social and economic problems. -
End of the Soviet Union
The Soviet Union desinigrated into 15 seperate countries. This led to Democracy overcoming totalitarianism, and evidence of the superiority of capitalism over socialism. -
Mikhail Gorbachev becomes General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union
Served as General Secretary and the Leader of the Communist party of the Soviet Union. Also in 2003 Alexander Lebedev and Mikhail would form the independent Democratic Party of Russia.
