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Communist soviet union rise and fall

By cbgreeff0513

  • A-bomb

    A-bomb
    The Soviet Union detonates its first atomic device.

  • Soviet and chinese worsening relations

    Soviet and chinese worsening relations
    After Moscow’s pol­icy of peace­ful coex­is­tence with the West, China and the Soviet Snion have a falling out with eachother. They had previously signed a 30 year allience treaty in 1950. It was in 1956 when Nikita Khrushchev denounced the legacy of Stalin, weakening the two countries relations.

  • Berlin wall

    Berlin wall
    This was a wall built to serparate East and West Berlin. This started on the night of August 12 by placing barbed wire through the center of Berlin. This was later replaced with segments of concrete reaching up to 15 feet tall.

  • The Cuban Missle Crisis

    The Cuban Missle Crisis
    This cri­sis erupts over the pres­ence of Soviet mis­siles in Cuba. This led to a period of time that involed tense negotiations. The USSR would have to publically dismanle their weapons. This was the closest the cold war came to becoming a full blown atomic war.

  • Soviet and Chi­nese troops clash across border

    Soviet and Chi­nese troops clash across border
    This was a seven month millitary conflict that was no officially declared. This brought these two communist countries the brink of war.

  • Brezh­nev elected pres­i­dent

    Brezh­nev elected pres­i­dent
    After previously being the first sec­re­tary of the Com­mu­nist Party, as well as the head of the Soviet Union, Leonid Brezh­nev is elected president of the Soviet Union under the new constitution. He helped the Soviets keep up with U.S. advancement in regards to nuclear development and strategy.

  • Soviets invade Afghanistan

    Soviets invade Afghanistan
    The Soviet Union sent thousands of troops into Afghanistan, taking millitary and political of major portions of this country. This invasion was quickly condemned by many countries.

  • Mikhail Gorbachev

    Mikhail Gorbachev
    Mikhail Gorbachev became general secretary of the communist party after Konstantin Chernenko died.

  • Super­power Treaty

    Super­power Treaty
    With the help of Mikhail Gorbachev this treaty was signed between the USSR and Americans regarding scrapping nuclear warheads. Over the next few years over 1,000 weapons would be decommissioned.

  • Dis­so­lu­tion of the Soviet Union

    Dis­so­lu­tion of the Soviet Union
     This occured when the Con­gress of People’s Deputies voted that the soviet union should be discontinued, or essentially spit up. Later that decemeber, Mikhail Gorbachev gave up his presidential powers, and the Soviet Union was formally dissolved.