Soviet Leaders and Cold War Events

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Soviet Leaders and Cold War Events

Remember this guy? A bunch of stuff happened while he was in charge of the Soviet Union

The Iron Curtain Speech (1946)

The Truman Doctrine (1947)

The Marshall Plan (1947)

The Molotov Plan (1947)

Berlin Blockade (1948)

Berlin Airlift (1948)

NATO (1949)

USSR Tests the A-Bomb (1949) Andrei Sakharov Igor Kurchatov RDS-1 (code named “Joe 1” by the U.S. in reference to Josef Stalin)

The Korean War (1950-1953)

Joseph Stalin Dictator who led purges and killings Industrialized Russia with 5-year plans Created labor camps (gulags) Set up communal farms

Then we get Nikita Khrushchev And the Cold War continues...

Warsaw Pact (1955)

Invasion of Hungary (1956)

The Arms Race (1950s-80s)

The Space Race (1950s-70s)

The U-2 Incident (1960)

The Berlin Wall (1961-1989)

Cuban Missile Crisis (1962)

Nikita Khrushchev Led a De-Stalinization program to promote social freedoms Continued military and industrial buildup Attempted to have a peaceful co-existence with the USA Overthrown due to poor economic conditions

Here comes Leonid Brezhnev Step aside, Nikita... Here comes Leonid Brezhnev

The Vietnam War (1955/1964-1975)

Invasion of Czechoslovakia (1968)

Invasion of Afghanistan (1979)

Boycott of Moscow Olympics (1980)

Leonid Brezhnev Restricted social freedoms and silenced critics of the party Focused on foreign affairs, especially fighting off threats to communism The economy worsened under his control He died in office

Yuri Andropov ...HE IS SOOOO BORING

Nothing happens while he is in charge

Yuri Andropov Promised change and reform Died of kidney problems Nothing really happened

Mikhail Gorbachev is not so boring I really matter!

The Chernobyl Disaster (1986)

Peace Talks Ensue (1989-1991)

Fall of the Berlin Wall (1989)

Mikhail Gorbachev Promoted change and supported the reform movement His policies triggered the fall of the Soviet Union

I’m the first elected Russian president… but I suck. Boris Yeltsin

I’m still kind of in charge of Russia right now! Vladimir Putin

I was elected May 7th, 2008. I am a very controversial leader, as most foreign powers consider me a puppet of Vladimir Putin. Am I a good leader? Some say yes…some say no… Dmitry Medvedev