Cold War By monaaforster@gmail.com Period: 1609 to 1917 Romanov Dynasty in Russia Period: 1890 to 1899 US Russia Competition over Manchuria 1905 Revolution against Romanov Dynasty Period: Jul 28, 1914 to Nov 11, 1918 World War 1 1917 Russian Revolution 1917 Bolsheviks Overthrow the Government Period: Nov 7, 1917 to Oct 25, 1922 Russian Civil War Period: Sep 1, 1939 to Sep 2, 1945 World War 2 Period: 1941 to 1991 Cold War Period: 1945 to 1953 President Harry S. Truman 1947 US and Soviet Union made an Atomic Bomb Sep 21, 1947 Federal Republic of Germany Designated Oct 7, 1947 German Democratic Republic Designated 1948 Soviets Blockade Berlin Period: Mar 24, 1948 to May 12, 1949 Berlin Airlift 1949 North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Formed 1950 Soviet Union Allied with China 1955 Warsaw Treaty Pact Formed 1957 Soviet Satellite Sputnik Launched Nov 10, 1958 Soviets Demanded the West leave Berlin 1959 Foreign Ministers Conference 1960 Soviets Shot Down a US Airplane Period: 1961 to 1963 President John F. Kennedy Aug 13, 1961 Berlin is split with a Fence 1962 US Found Soviet Missile Bases in Cuba Period: 1969 to 1974 President Richard Nixon Jun 18, 1979 Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty Signed Period: 1981 to 1989 President Ronald Reagan 1985 Mikhail Gorbachev Became Leader in Moscow 1989 Berlin Wall Fell 1989 The US Accepted Agreements with the Soviet Union 1991 Soviet Union Dissolved 1991 Many European Communist Governments were Overthrown