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Yalta Conference
Meeting between Churchill, Roosevelt and Stalin to decide what would happen at the end of the war. -
VE Day
Victory in Europe Day as Germany surrenders to Russia. -
Hiroshima
The United States dropped the first atomic bomb. -
NATO Formed
The North Atlantic Treaty Organisation's members include Belgium, Canada, Denmark, France, Iceland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, the United Kingdom, and the United States -
Space Race Begins
USSR Sputnik II carried Laika the dog, the first living creature to go into space. -
Berlin Wall Built
Berlin wall built and borders sealed between East and West Germany. -
Cuban Missle Crisis
An American spy plane reported sighting the construction of a Soviet nuclear missile base in Cuba. Russia removed the weapons when the U.S. agreed not to invade Cuba. -
1980 Summer Olympics
Several countries boycotted the Olympics held in Moscow in protest of the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. -
1984 Summer Olympics
Russia and 13 other countries boycotted the Olympics held in Los Angeles in retaliation for the US boycott of 1980. -
Tiananmen Square
Anti Communist protests in Tiananmen Square, Beijing, China were crushed by the government. -
Berlin Wall Falls
The Berlin Wall was torn down. -
Malta Summit
A meeting between Gorbachov and Bush reversed much of the provisions of the Yalta Conference. -
Velvet Revolution
A series of peaceful protests in Czechoslovakia that led to the overthrow of the Communist government. -
Gorbachev Resigns
Gorbachev resigns and the hammer and sickle flag on the Kremlin was lowered -
End of Soviet Union
Russia officially recognises the end of the Soviet Union
