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Detente was a term used during the 60's and 70's by the US snd the USSR that ment a time of relese of tension.
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The soviets invaded afghanistan in 1979 and ended in 1989 it lasted 9 years 1 month 3 weeks and 1 day. the USSR had this war to support the communist uprising.
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gorbachev had the new idea of perestroika and glasnost whitch ment The idea of Restructuring and openess
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a polish rae union that was controled by a non comminist party
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on march 8, 1983 in orlando florida ronald reagan the Soviet Union an "EVIL EMPIRE". the speach about the values and how they underlay american democracy.
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Star Wars was a defense system idea that was planed by Regan to stop missles with the use of satalites that shoot lasers like in the movie starwars.
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The summit was held on nov, 19-20 1985 to discuss terms and agreements.
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This was a peace talk between the two leaders but ended with the talks collapsing
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"Tear Down This WALL"!!! was the challenge to the soviet union leader to destroy the wall.
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The US and Soviets signed the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces treaty to get rid of intermediate and short range missles.
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Finally in 1989 the wall fell
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In the early 90's the soviet union fell and then became known as russia
