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Mikhail Gorbachev becomes General Secretary of the CommunistParty of the Soviet Union
Was the title given to the leader of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. With some exceptions, the office was synonymous with leader of the Soviet Union. -
Berlin Wall collapses
Was a barrier that divided Berlin from 1961 to 1989. Starting on 13 August 1961, that completely cut off by land. -
U.S. boycott of 1980 Summer Olympics
The Moscow Olympics was one part of a number of actions initiated by the United States to protest the Soviet invasion in Afghanistan. Other countries would later support the 1984 Summer Olympics boycott. -
Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI) (“Star Wars”)
The Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI), also known as Star Wars, was a program first initiated on March 23, 1983 under President Ronald Reagan -
“Caribbean Basin Initiative”
It was a unilateral and temporary United States program initiated. Aimed to provide several tariff and trade benefits to many Central American and Caribbean countries. -
Iran-Contra Affair
The scandal began as an operation to free the seven American hostages being held in Lebanon by a group with Iranian ties connected to the Army of the Guardians of the Islamic Revolution -
Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty (INF) ratified
The Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty (INF) is a 1987 agreement between the United States and the Soviet Union -
Boris Yelstin elected President of Russia
was a Russian politician and the first President of the Russian Federation, serving from 1991 to 1999. -
Germany is reunified
As the process in 1990 in which the German Democratic Republic. They joined the Federal Republic of Germany to form the reunited nation. -
Warsaw Pact is dissolved
The Warsaw Pact was a collective defense treaty among eight communist states of Central and Eastern Europe in existence during the Cold War -
End of the Soviet Union
It was formally enacted on December 26, 1991. The Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union acknowledging the independence of the erstwhile Soviet republics. -
1st McDonalds opens in Moscow
The Soviet Union’s first McDonald’s fast food restaurant opens in Moscow. The Russian people were signs that times were changing in the Soviet Union.
