History of Russian-American Relations

United States Becomes Independent Nation and Russia is A Close Ally

First U.S. Consul: Levett Harris is Accepted By Russia Sent By President Jefferson

American Medical Personnel Are Sent to Help Russian Casualties of the Crimean War

America Constructs Navy Warships for Russia With Both Nations Celebrating Their Launch

Russia Supports the Union and President Lincoln During the American Civil War

The United States Purchases Alaska From Russia Improving Trade and Economy for Both Nations

World War I Breaks Out and the U.S. Supports Russia Against the Central Powers Until Entering Themselves as an Ally

During the Russian Revolution the U.S. Sends an Ambassador Being the First Country to Recognize the Provisional Government

Soviet Union Forms Based on Communism Being the First Time Russian and American Governments Conflict

After Ten Years the U.S. Formally Recognizes the Soviet Union Establishing Official Diplomatic Relations

Joseph Stalin Rises to Power Through Arresting, Killing, and Imprisoning Enemies Provoking Disdain From America

World War II Begins and Russia Signs Moltov-Ribbentrop Non-Aggression Pact with Germany and President Roosevelt Hopes to Improve Relations

The United States Enters World War II and Allies With the Soviet Union

War in Europe Coming to a Close and President Roosevelt Meets with Stalin and Churchill to Discuss the Future and the Division of Germany Marking Start of Cold War

Berlin Divided With Russia Controlling the East and the U.S. Controlling the West, Both enter N.A.T.O. (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) to Assure Mutual Support

Soviet Union Detonates First Atomic Bomb

Korean War Erupts as Soviet-Backed Communist North Korean Forces Battle American-Backed South Koreans Marking First Russian-American Proxy War

Soviet Union Beats United States to Space With First Ever Satellite Sputnik I

American U-2 Spy Plane is Shot Down Over Soviet Land Which Was Sent to Monitor Soviet Missile Power

Soviets Threaten War in Berlin With President Kennedy Warning of a Nuclear War and the Berlin Wall is Built to Separate East and West Berlin

The Cuban Missile Crisis Occurs with the U.S. Storing Nuclear Missiles in Turkey and Italy and the Soviet Union Storing Nuclear Missiles in Cuba

President Nixon is the First President to Visit Moscow and Helps Alleviate Tensions

Chernobyl Disaster Occurs as the Soviet Nuclear Plant Explodes as Both Countries Compete to Develop Nuclear Weapons and U.S. Sends Medical Personnel

There is a Series of Back and Forth Interactions and the USSR Dissolves

President Trump (U.S.) and President Putin (Russia) Embody the Undefined Relationship Between the Two Nations