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Cold War (Vietnam War (Iran (Chernobyl Disaster (Glasnost and Perestroika,…
Cold War
Vietnam War
15 August 1973
The Paris Peace Accords end American involvement in Vietnam
30 August 1973
North Vietnam invades South Vietnam. Capture of Saigon by the North leads to a communist country
Iran
24 December 1979
Soviet troops invade Afghanistan
this causes: July 1980
USA Olympic Boycott in Moscow
which leads to: July 1984
Russian Olympic Boycott
Chernobyl Disaster
26 April 1986
The Soviet Union tries to hide it at first
Glasnost and Perestroika
June 1987
Gorbachev announced intention to follow Glasnost policy
Fall of Berlin Wall
9 November 1989
German Reunification
3 October 1990
End of Warsaw Pact
1 July 1991
Warsaw Pact: allowed allied Communist countries
End of Soviet Union
26 December 1991
Russia formally recognised end of Soviet Union
25 December 1991
Gorbachev resigned: communist flag was lowered on the Kremlin