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Boris Yelstin elected President of Russia
Boris Yelstin was elected President of Russia in 1 February 1931 23 April 2007. Originally a supporter of Mikhail Gorbachev Yeltsin emerged under the perestroika reforms as one of Gorbachev's most powerful political opponents -
Mikhail Gorbachev becomes General Secretary of the CommunistParty of the Soviet Union
He was the eighth and last leader of the Soviet Union, having served as General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union from 1985 until 1991 when the party was dissolved.He was the eighth and last leader of the Soviet Union. -
Warsaw Pact is dissolved
The Warsaw Pact formally, the Treaty of Friendship, Co-operation, and Mutual Assistance, sometimes, informally WarPac, akin in format to NATO was a collective defense treaty among eight communist states of Central and Eastern Europe in existence during the Cold War. -
U.S. boycott of 1980 Summer Olympics
In 1980, the United States led a boycott of the Summer Olympic Games in Moscow to protest the late 1979 Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. In total, 65 nations refused to participate in the games, whereas 80 countries sent athletes to compete. -
Caribbean Basin Initiative
Caribbean Basin Initiative was a unilateral and temporary United States program initiated by the 1983 Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery .They provided several tariff and trade benefits to many Central American and Caribbean countries. -
Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI) (“Star Wars”)
The Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI) also known as Star Wars, was a program first initiated on March 23, 1983 under President Ronald Reagan.The intent of this program was to develop a sophisticated anti-ballistic missile system in order to prevent missile attacks from other countries, specifically the Soviet Union. -
Iran-contra affair
The Iran-Contra Affair was a name given to a series of secret and illegal actions by US government officials under President Ronald Reagan. In 1985, officials in the National Security Council sold military weapons to Iran so it would help in freeing US prisoners in Lebanon. -
Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty (INF) ratified
The Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty is an agreement between the United States and the Soviet Union.The treaty is formally titled The Treaty Between the United States of America and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics on the Elimination of Their Intermediate-Range and Shorter-Range Missiles. -
1st McDonalds opens in Moscow
The Soviet Union’s first McDonald’s fast food restaurant opened in 1990 in Moscow. Milions of people line up to pay the equivalent of several days’ wages for Big Macs, shakes, and french fries. -
Berlin Wall collapses
The Berlin Wall was a barrier that divided Berlin from east Germany . ts demolition officially began on 13 June 1990 and was completed in 1992. -
Germany is reunified
The German reunification was the process in which the German Democratic Republic joined the Federal Republic of Germany to form the reunited nation of Germany. Berlin reunited into a single city, as provided by its then Grundgesetz constitution Article 23. -
end of the Soviet Union
The dissolution of the Soviet Union was formally enacted on December 26, 1991, as a result of the declaration. They handed over its powers including control of the Soviet nuclear missile launching codes to Russian President Boris Yeltsin.
