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This is when the Soviets shot down the U.S. spy plane and took the pilot captive
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took offcie in 1964 to 1982
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he was voted to be removed from power
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armed forces from the warsaw pact nations invaded Chechoslovakia
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The U.S.landed a man on the moon for the first time ever
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First American in space (Alan Shepard)
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First manned space station, Salyut 1
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He was the first president togo to the USSR and communst China
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In 1972, Nixon and Soviet leaders began SALT
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Carter and Brezhnev singed SALT II
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In 1979 the Soviets invade Afganistan. Ten years later, Soviets withdraw with defeat.
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Ronald Reagan came to office for the U.S.
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The fromer leader of the Soviet Union dies. Reformers in the country begin to make political and economic changes.
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This was a program that was made by Reagen to Protect America against enemy missiles
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Gorbachev becomes leader of the Soviet Union. He introduces the programs glasnost and perestroika, to help rebuild the Soviet Union's economy.
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MIkhail took office in 1985 -1991
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Gorbachev released two activists who had been imprisoned for denouncing the invasion of Afganistan.
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The Soviet Union allows the private ownership of business. The Congress of People's Deputies replaces the old Supreme Soviet Union
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The last of the troops were pulled out of Afghanistan
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10,000 people gatherd in Wenceslas Square in the center of prague. they demanded democracy and freedom
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the communist party had ceased to exist
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Boris Yeltin becomes President of the Russian Republic. He surpireses everyone by quitting the communist party.
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Germant was officially reunited
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A group of hard-line communist had a failed coup. Yeltin defends Gorbachev. A new alliance is made to replace the Soviet Union. The Soviet Union is no more.
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Soviet Union breaks up into 15 republics
