The End of the Cold War
Updated 8 Jan 2019
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Created byMegan Smith
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Charles de Gaulle ResignsDetente is Formed in the Early 70'sJoint U.S./U.S.S.R. Space MissionFinal Act of the Conference on Security and Cooperation is SignedCharter 77 is Signed (Czech)Poland Working Class Protests AgainPolish Economy Hits a NosediveCardinal Karol Wojtyla is Elected Pope as John Paul IIStrikes in the Lenin Shipyards in GdanskSolidarity is ProposedGorbachev's PerestroikaGlasnost!!!First Free Elections in the Soviet Union Since 1917Gorbachev Withdraws Soviet Troops from AfghanistanGorbachev Agrees to Arms Reductions with President ReaganUnification of East and West GermanyRevolutions of 1989Brezhnev DoctrineWidespread Strikes in PolandSolidarity is LegalizedTadeusz Mazowiecki is Elected Prime MinisterHelmut Kohl Creates a Ten Point Plan to Unify GermanyParis AccordGorbachev Places an Economic Embargo on LithuaniaBoris Yeltsin is Elected Parliamentary LeaderAttempted Coup Against GorbachevRussia is Declared IndependentSoviet Union DissolvesOstpolitik in West GermanyPeriods
Brezhnev YearsGorbachev YearsWilly Brandt and the Social Democrats Rule West GermanyPresident Jimmy CarterVelvet Revolution (Czech)
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