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1 The Cold War and Collapse of the Soviet Union
Unit 8:2 The Cold War and Collapse of the Soviet Union

2 The Berlin Airlift

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8 Nikita Krushchev Premier 1956-1964

9 Leonid Brezhnev

10 Mikhail Gorbachev Soviet Premier 1985-1991

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12 Wladyslaw Gomulka of Poland 1905-1982

13 Alexander Dubcek of Czechoslovakia 1921-1992

14 Solidarity Leader Lech Walesa

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16 Mikhail Gorbachev Soviet Premier 1985-1991

17 Named “Man of the Year” in 1988 by Time Magazine

18 Gorbachev and Reagan

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20 Boris Yeltsin Russian President 1991-2000

21 Yeltsin and Former President George Bush, Sr.

22 Yeltsin and Former President Bill Clinton

23 Gorbachev and Yeltsin

24 Vladimir Putin Russian “President” 2000 – 2008 KGB??

25 Putin and President Bush

26 Gorbachev and Putin

27 Putin and Judo, a Deadly Combination

28 Current Russian President Dmitry Medvedev Putin’s Puppet??

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