End of Cold War

By leexuen

  • Invasion of Afghanistan by Soviets

  • Formation of Solidarity

    Solidarity was a broad anti-bureaucratic social movement, using the methods of civil resistance to advance the causes of workers' rights and social change.

  • Proposal of Strategic Defence Initiative

    Proposed by Ronald Reagan. The intent of this program was to develop a sophisticated anti-ballistic missile system in order to prevent missile attacks from other countries, specifically the Soviet Union.

  • Introduction of Perestroika and Glasnost

  • Proposal of Intermediate Nuclear Forces Treaty

  • Signing of INF Treaty

  • Withdrawal of Soviet Troops from Afghanistan

  • Poland Becomes Independent

  • Hungary Becomes Independent

  • Berlin Wall Demolished

  • Communist governments fall in Czechoslovakia, Bulgaria, and Romania

  • Yeltsin elected as President of Russia

  • Germany Reunited

  • Warsaw Pact Dissolved

  • August Coup