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----MARCH 5----
STALIN DIES FROM A STROKE----MARCH 9----
DICTATOR'S FUNERAL----JULY----
BERIA IS ARRESTED AND EXECUTED----JUNE----
FIRST NUCLEAR POWER
STATION OPERATIONAL----SEPTEMBER----
KHRUSCHEV IS ELECTED FIRST SECRETARY:
PRIMARY GOAL -> ensure stability in the country
while the power struggle at the top got under way.KRUSCHEV WAS CONSERVATIVEWARSAW PACT SIGNED20th PARTY CONGRESS:
KRUSCHEV TALKS ON STALIN'S CRIMESREVOLUTION IN HUNGARY:
CRUSHED BY SOVIET TROOPSEXTENSIVE
AGRICULTURE PLAN----MAY----
ATTEMPT TO
REMOVE KRUSCHEV----JULY----
KRUSHCHEV
OPONENTS
REMOVED----OCT----
SPUTNIK 1 LAUCHEDRETAINED STALINISM:
COMMUNIST PARTY
MONOPOLY OF POWER;
CENTRALLY PLANNED ECONOMY;
CONTROL OF THE MEDIA,
EDUCATION, AND CULTURE.----JULY----
KHRUSCHEV & KENNEDY
MEET ON GERMAN ISSUE
IN VIENNA----AUGUST----
CONSTRUCTION OF
THE BERLIN WALL----OCT----
CUBAN MISSIL CRISIS----NOV----
END OF MISSIL CRISIS----AUGUST----
LIMITED NUCLEAR TEST
BAN TREATY SIGNEDREMOVAL OF KHRUSCHEV:
REPLACED BY BREZHNEV(GNP) IN THE U.S.S.R. SLOWED TO 5%
INDUSTRIAL OUTPUT TO 6.6% AND
AGRICULTURAL GROWTH TO 2.8%INCREASEMENT OF INDEPENDENCE
OF THE ENTERPRISE----MARCH/APRIL---
23rd PARTY CONGRESSPUBLICATION OF
SAKHAROV'S PROGRESS,
COEXISTENCE, AND
INTELLECTUAL FREEDOM(GNP) 5.2 % AND 2.2 %;
INDUSTRIAL GROWTH, 6.3 % AND 2.6 %;
AGRICULTURE, 3.7 % AND 0.8 %;
INVESTMENT, 6 % AND 4.3 %THE STATE AND THE KGB
LOST CONTROL OF CULTURE;
THE EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM
WAS MEDIOCRE AND UNCHALLENGINGBREZHNEV:
“NEW HISTORICAL COMMUNITY
OF PEOPLE, THE SOVIET PEOPLE.”THE EXPANSION
OF EDUCATION
IN NON-RUSSIAN AREAS
WAS IMPRESSIVE----SEPTEMBER----
KRUSCHEV
DIES----MAY----
NIXON VISITS MOSCOW:
SALT I SIGNED----OCT----
NEW SOVIET
CONSTITUTION----DEC----
INVASION OF
AFGHANISTANSOCIALIST ALLIES:
"HUMAN RIGHTS
IN EACH EUROPEAN STATE
ARE THE LEGITIMATE
CONCERN OF ALL STATES"USA / U.S.S.R. / UNITED KINGDOM:
OUTER SPACE TREATY
PROHIBITED PUTTING
NUCLEAR WEAPONS IN ORBITBREZHNEV LEADERSHIP:
IMPROVE RELATIONS
WITH THE OUTSIDE WORLD;
DEMONSTRATION THAT THE USSR
WAS A SOBER, PREDICTABLE STATE.MILITARY AID TO
INDIA, PAKISTAN,
AND NORTH VIETNAMSAKHAROV EXILED
TO GORKYPOLISH STRIKES:
FORMATION OF SOLIDARITYU.S.A. NEGOTIATIONS
WITH THE SOVIETS
TO REDUCE OR
ELIMINATE DEPLOYMENT,
KNOWN AS START
(STRATEGIC ARMS
REDUCTION TALKS)----NOV----
DEATH OF BREZHNEV
REPLACED BY ANDROPOV----MARCH----
REAGAN ANNOUNCES SDI----FEB----
DEATH OF ANDROPOV
CHERNENKO APPOINTEDCORRUPTION / ABSENTEEISM /
ALCOHOLISM WERE RIFE
AND SPECIAL CONCERNS.DEATH OF CHERNENKO
REPLACED BY GORBACHEVGORBACHEV
REGIMEN----APRIL----
CHERNOBYL
NUCLEAR ACCIDENT----MAY----
CHERNOBYL FIRES
EXTINGUISHEDANDREEVA ATTACKS
GORBACHEV'S REFORMSSOVIET TROOPS LEAVE AFGHANISTANSEMI-FREE ELECTIONS
TAKE PLACE----SEPTEMBER----
LAST NUCLEAR WARHEADS
REMOVED FROM HUNGARY----NOVEMBER----
BERLIN WALL
COMES DOWN----DECEMBER----
USSR DISSOLVEDLAST NUCLEAR WARHEADS
REMOVED FROM POLANDGORBACHEV RESIGNS
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