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THE END OF THE COLD

WAR
& T H E FA L L O F T H E S O V I E T U N I O N
DETENTE

•  1962-1982 Cold War tensions lessoned.

•  Détente=relaxed tensions and improved relations between


2 adversaries

•  By 1970’s:
•  America trades grain & consumer goods with USSR.
MIKHAIL GORBACHEV

•  March 1985-new
leader of USSR

•  Policy of
Perestroika=
restructuring

•  Creates USSR
parliament &
office of
President
END OF COLD WAR

•  USSR signs treaty


with US in 1987

•  Reduces military
spending

•  Satellite states
gain
independence.
FALL OF BERLIN WALL

•  Wall fell:
•  Nov. 9, 1989

•  Germany
reunified
•  Oct. 3, 1990
END OF THE U.S.S.R.

•  States within
U.S.S.R. seek
independence

•  December 25,
1991 Gorbachev
resigns

•  U.S.S.R. dissolves

•  Boris Yeltsin=
new President of
Russia

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