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World War II meeting of the Big Three (FDR, Churchill, Stalin)
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The Big Three negotiated terms for the end of World War II.
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American foreign policy created to counter the Soviet Union.
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The American initiative to aid Western Europe.
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An attempt by the Soviet Union to limit the ability of the Allies to travel into their sectors of Berlin.
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NATO, a military alliance, is established.
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North Korea invades South Korea.
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The leader of communist Russia, Joseph Stalin, dies.
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The Warsaw Pact, a defense treaty amongst communist nations, is formed.
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Northern Vietnam vs. Southern Vietnam (Allies vs. Communists).
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A United States U-2 spy plane was shot down while in Soviet airspace.
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A two day failed military invasion of Cuba.
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The construction of the Berlin Wall starts.
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13-day political and military standoff because of the installation of nuclear-armed Soviet missiles in Cuba (close to the U.S.).
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The Chinese explode an atomic bomb.
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The Soviet Union intervened in support of the Afghan communist government.
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Treaty of the U.S. and Russia to eliminate their nuclear missiles with certain ranges.
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Boris Yeltsin, the first freely elected president of Russia, becomes the new leader of the Soviet Union.
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Leader of Russia, Mikhail Gorbachev, comes to power.
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Dissolution of the Soviet Union.
