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Stalin runs the USSR
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The Soviet forces capture Berlin, efectivly ending world war II in eroupe
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Germany sureneders, ending the secound world war
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This confrence could be considered the begining of the cold war. At this point germany was carved up and the terms decided for the reperations. Stalin also learns of the bomb
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The Rusians do not allow for western supplies to get to weast berlin, atempting to starve them out.
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The russians explode theire first atomic wepon
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Kruschev atemptes to de stalinise and cool off the cold war
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The communist bloc creates a NATO of there own, by signing the warsaw pact, a mutal defense trety
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Khrushcev denounces Stalin begening a more liberal time in USSR
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Sputnik orbits the earth, becoming the first man made object to be in space
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The russians race the americans to be the first nation on the moon. America wins
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Russia shoots down an American U-2 spy plane and capture a pilot Francis Gary Powers
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Yuri Gagarin becomes first man to orbit the earth
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The russians station nuclear misiles in Cuba, bringing them and the US to the brink of war.
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The US and Russia agree to end in air nuclear testing. A hot line was set up for emergancys between US and Russia
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Brehven leads a coup that throws off Kershvchev and takes power for himself
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The warsaw pact, under the Brezhnev Doctorine, invades checkoslovakia to put down a rebelion
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Nixon and Brzhnev sign SALT 1, limiting the amount of ICBM's that both sides could have
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The Helsinki accords are signed. It atempted to defuse the arms race in eroupe, legitimized the borders and maintained human rights
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Carter and Brezhev sign SALT2. Said that the US and the USSR would have the exact same number of warheads
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Soviets, under Brehvnev Doctorine, invade Afganistan. They would be trapped in fighting for 10 years
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Carter leads a boycot of the moscow olypics in response to invasion of afganistan
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The Chernobyl powerplant melts down, the bigest nuclear disaster in history
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The last soviet troopes leave Afganistain, ending the bigest fiasco in soviet military history
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A wave of revolutions take place in the warsaw pact states. After Gorbichav nixs the Brehnev Doctorine, a wave of revolutions take place across the soviet bloc. By the end of the year East Germany, Poland, Romania, and Checkoslovakia remove the comunist parties
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The berlin wall, which split the city is torn down after the boarder is oppened. Germany is reunited soon after.
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A group of the top bass in USSR atempt a coup against Gorbichav and fail
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The soviet union is officaly disolved, Gorbichav steps down
