end of the cold war

Richard Nixon & Policy of Detente

May 23, 1970

It was designed to improve relations between Soviet Union and China.

Soviet invasion of Afghanistan

Dec 24, 1979

The Soviet war in Afghanistan lasted nine years. it was fought between Soviet-led Afghan forces against multi-national insurgent groups called the Mujahideen.

Solidarity Movement in Poland

Aug 14, 1980

In the 1980s, Solidarity was a broad anti-bureaucratic social movement.

Strategic Defense Initiative

Mar 23, 1983

The Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI) was proposed by U.S. President Ronald Reagan on March 23, 1983, to use ground-based and space-based systems.

Ronald Reagan addresses the National Association of Evangelicals

Jun 25, 1983

On March 8, 1983, President Reagan delivered an address to a meeting of the National Association of Evangelicals in Orlando, Florida.

Gorbachev, Perestroika, Glasnost

Mar 4, 1985

was a political movement for reformation within the Communist Party of the Soviet Union

Summit in Geneva, Switzerland

Jul 18, 1985

The Geneva Summit of 1955 was a Cold War-era meeting in Geneva, Switzerland. It was held on July 18, 1955 and was a meeting of "The Big Four".

Reykjavik Summit, Iceland

Oct 11, 1986

The Reykjavík Summit was a summit meeting between U.S. President Ronald, held in Höfði in Reykjavík, the capital city of Iceland

Reagan speech at Brandenberg Gate, West Berlin

Jun 12, 1987

President Reagan giving a speech at the Berlin Wall, Brandenburg Gate.

Reagan and Gorbachev sign INF Treaty

Dec 8, 1987

U.S. President Ronald Reagan and Soviet General Secretary Mikhail Gorbachev signing the INF Treaty.

Fall of the Berlin Wall

Nov 9, 1989

Reagan Demands Fall of Berlin Wall. On June 12, 1987, in a speech delivered from the Brandenburg Gate in West Germany.

Fall of soviet Union

Dec 24, 1991

ceased to exist on 26 December 1991