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July 26, 1947 the Central intelligence agency (CIA) was created! its first mission was to prevent an italian communist government

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Became communist in 1959 only 90 miles from Florida. USSR sent missiles to Cuba, and JFK ordered a naval blockade. The crisis came when a USSR sub almost launched nukes after coming into contact with the blockade. They were one man's approval away from a nuclear war. This caused a hotline to be installed between the Whitehouse and the Kremlin.

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The Korean War 1950-1953

divided at the 38th parallel between the Comunist North Korea and Capitalist South. Jan 1950 Stalin approves invasion of South, UN task force sent in to help the south and proceeded to have a stalemate for 3 years.

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Dacha-K, улица Академика Павлова, Moscow, Kuntsevo, Russia

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Stalin dies in 1953. the next leader of the USSR is Krushchev who wanted to de-Stalinize the USSR

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in 1961 John F. Kennedy became president.He met with Krushchev in Vienna where Berlin became a crisis point he remained president for 3 years until assassination in 1963

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On Oct 4,1957 Sputnik was the first satellite ever launched into space, this was a huge surprise for the Americans who thought they would make it to space first.

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EAST, Treuenbrietzener Straße, Berlin, Germany

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On august 13, 1961 the Berlin wall was built due to people trying to flee the USSR through western Berlin to escape to western Europe. Khrushchev decided to build a huge 100 miles long wall and 12 feet tall to keep people in!

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Vietnam war was between 1955 to 1975 between the communist north and anti-communist south. The US supported south Vietnam, support for the war was low in the US. The United States eventually got to more brutal methods like bombing Cambodia.

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Mao takes power in 1949 and made a communist pact with the USSR. He modeled his rule after Stalin meaning there were purges, starvation, and death.

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After the USA decided to bomb Cambodia this led to the event of the Cambodian Genocide.

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This was where Apollo 11 was launched, and was the first shuttle to land on the moon. The first man to land on the moon was American astronaut, Neil Armstrong.

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In April of 1986 the Chernobyl nuclear power plant went out of control and caused a mass amount of radiation to be released into the atmosphere. The USSR tried to cover up this disaster but failed and ended up revealing huge problems within the USSR

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on Dec 25, 1991 Gorbachev resigns from leading the USSR and the USSR is terminated

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the US embassy invaded Iran but there were many hostages taken. this was from 1977-1979.

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Had an anti-soviet policy and implemented the "peace through strength" policy which boosted the arms race. he also wanted to destabilize the Soviet economy by boosting oil production in Saudi Arabia