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Warsaw Pact is dissolved
he Warsaw Pact was the military complement. After the collapse of the USSR and the end of the Cold War, the alliance was transformed into the subsequent Collective Security Treaty. -
U.S. boycott of 1980 Summer Olympics
Western governments first considered the idea of boycotting the Moscow Olympics. Western European governments boycotted the games in Melbourne over the Soviet invasion of Hungary that year. -
Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI) (“Star Wars”)
Star Wars, was a program first initiated on March 23, 1983 under President Ronald Reagan.he intent of this program was to develop a sophisticated anti-ballistic missile system. -
“Caribbean Basin Initiative
The Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Expansion Act of 1990.in 1994 with Mexico it became easier for Mexico to export its products to the United States. -
Iran-Contra Affair
the United States would resupply Israel and receive the Israeli paymen.eapons to Iran was not deemed a criminal offense but charges were brought against five individuals for their support of the Contras. -
Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty (INF) ratified
The longer range, greater accuracy, mobility and striking power of the new Soviet.Despite dissatisfaction with the deployment of US weapons in Europe. -
Berlin Wall collapses
Crowds of East Germans crossed and climbed onto the walls.souvenir hunters chipped away parts of the wall. -
1st McDonalds opens in Moscow
The appearance of this notorious symbol of capitalism and the enthusiastic reception it received from the Russian.people were signs that times were changing in the Soviet Union. -
.) Germany is reunified
The united Germany is considered to be the enlarged continuation of the Federal Republic. -
Boris Yelston elected president of russia
He was a president. He also is good. -
Mikhail Gorbachev becomes General Secretary of the CommunistParty of the Soviet Union
In the 1950s, Stalin increasingly withdrew from Secretariat business.It had limit the powers of the General Secretary. -
end of the Soviet Union
movements and ethnic disputes within the Soviet Union. which Soviet-imposed communist regimes.
