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The warsaw pact was a military complement of the council for Mutual Economic Assistance. It was called the Warsaw pact, because it was signed in Warsaw.
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The 1st Mcdonalds opened during the Cold War. It was the Soviet Union, not the United States who opened the first Mcdonalds.
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The Summer olympics boycott of 1980 was part of a protest by the United States against Soviet invasion in Afghanistan.
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Chernenko, the previous general secretary died, and the following day Mikhail Gorbachev became the new General Secretary of the communist party of the Soviet Union.
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Also known as SDI or "star wars". "Star Wars" was a proposal made by Reagan to protect the United States from strategic nuclear ballistic missles.
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Secret agency in the 1980s to provide to provide funds Nicaraguan rebels from profits. These profits were gained by selling arms to Iran.
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Temporary program that aimed to provide many tarriff and trade benefits to Central American and Caribbean countries.
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A 1987 agreement between United States and Soviet Union. It was an agreement that said the USA and Soviet Union agreed to eliminate intermeidiate-range and shorter-range missiles.
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After weeks of civil unrest the government of Germany announced that all GDR citizens could visit West Germany and West Berlin. Crowds of East German and West German climbed up the wall .
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Less than one year after the destruction of the Berlin Wall, East and West Germany come together. On this day when they came together, they called it "Unity Day".
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Boris Yeltsin becomes the president of Russia in 1991. He even remains president after the Soviet Union collapses.
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The economy of the Soviet Union was deeply flawed, which is hard to work with. In my opinion Socialism, and communism always fail.
