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1st McDonalds opens in Moscow
The first mcdonalds was open in moscow. It came from and modified from New hampshire. -
Warsaw Pact is dissolved
Warsaw Pact was the Treaty of Friendship, Co-operation, and Mutual Assistance. The Warsaw Pact was in part a Soviet military reaction to the integration of West Germany. -
Berlin Wall collapses
A barrier constructed by the German Democratic Republic. It was cut off by land. -
Mikhail Gorbachev becomes General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union
He was the seventh and last undisputed leader of the Soviet Union. He was the only general secretary in the history of the Soviet Union. -
U.S. boycott of 1980 Summer Olympics
The Untied states boycotted the Moscow Olympics if the soviets did not withdraw from afghanistan in one month. They would still send a team if there were changes nationally. -
Strategic Defense Initiative
The SDI was presented by president Ronald Reagon. It was to use ground based and spaced based systems to protect the United States. -
Caribbean Basin Initiative
This provided many tarriff and trade benefits. The benefits went towards more central america and caribbean countries. -
Iran-Contra Affair
It was a political scandal. U.S. officials also hoped that the arms sales would secure the release of several hostages. -
Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty (INF) ratified
The Treaty Between the United States of America and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics on the Elimination of Their Intermediate-Range and Shorter-Range Missiles. So this made both sides range there nuclear weapons. -
Boris Yelstin elected President of Russia
Yeltsin was a Russian politician and the first President of the Russian Federation. Yeltsin was reelected in the 1996 election; in the second round he defeated Gennady Zyuganov. -
end of the Soviet Union
Finalized by declaration of the soviet governement. Acknowledging the 12 independent staes of the soviet union. -
Germany is reunified
Was the process in 1990 in which the German Democratic Republic joined the Federal Republic of Germany. Berlin reunited into a single city, as provided by its then Grundgesetz constitution.
