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Yalta Conference
Conference between the head of the United States, United Kingdom, and the Soviet Union, to discuss Germany and Europe's postwar organization. -
Arms Race
The U.S. and USSR compete to produce new weaponry, most known: Atomic Bomb. -
Cold War begins
Tension between the two world super powers the U.S. and the U.S.S.R. grows after world war two, sparking a war of fear for people all over the world. -
Truman Doctrine
Purpose was to counter the Soviet Union's expansion of communism after World War II -
Korean War
US attempts to stop the expansion of communism in Korea. -
Joseph Stalin Dies
Joseph Stalin dies in Kuntsevo Dacha, Soviet Union, and the age of 74 -
Nakita Khrushchev comes to power
Nakita Khrushchev is elected the leader of the Soviet Union -
North Vietnam invades South Vietnam
North Vietnam invades South Vietnam in hopes to spread communism -
Space Race
Soviet Union and the United States race to explore space -
First Satelite in Space
USSR launches Sputnik 1 into space -
U-2 incident
Gary Powers was sent on a mission to fly a U-2 spy plane over the Soviet Union, this plane gets shot down and Gary Powers is held captive in the Soviet Union. -
Bay of Pigs Invasion
The U.S. secretly sends in people in to Soviet influenced Cuba, attempt to drive out communism, this invasion fails for many different reasons. -
Berlin Wall Construction
The Berlin wall was built to keep people from entering and exiting east Berlin. -
Cuban Missile Crisis
Soviet Union places nuclear missiles in Cuba, which sky rockets the fear of a nuclear strike on the U.S. -
Vietnam War
The US deployed troops, US enters war -
First man on the Moon
USA lands the first man on the moon, Neil Armstrong -
Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan
Soviet government leader Leonid Brezhnev order the invasion on Afghanistan. -
Berlin Wall Destruction
The Berlin Wall was torn down, as the people of Berlin celebrated its fall. -
Mikhail Gorbachev comes to power
Mikhail Gorbachev is elected the leader of the Soviet Union -
U.S.S.R. Breakup
The dissolution of the Soviet Union occurred on December 26, 1991, officially granting self-governing independence to the Republics of the Soviet Union.
