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The Great Purge
Campaign of political repression in the Soviet Union; late 1930s
Perestroika
Economic restructuring policy introduced by Gorbachev in the Soviet Union; 1985 onwards
Glasnost
Policy of government transparency and openness in the Soviet Union initiated by Gorbachev; 1980s
Iron Curtain Speech
Speech by Winston Churchill in 1946 proclaiming the division of Europe by the Soviet's influence
Berlin Wall
Barrier separating East and West Berlin built by the German Democratic Republic (East Germany); 1961-1989
Cuban Missile Crisis
Confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union over missile deployment in Cuba; 1962
Dissolution of the Soviet Union
Process of disintegration of the USSR resulting in independent republics; 1991
Gulag
Government agency that administered labor camps in the Soviet Union; peaked during Stalin's rule
Joseph Stalin
Soviet leader after Lenin, known for Five-Year Plans and Great Purge; 1924-1953
Boris Yeltsin
First President of the Russian Federation, a major player in the dissolution of the Soviet Union; 1991-1999
Chernobyl Disaster
Nuclear accident at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in the Ukrainian SSR; 1986
Detente
A thawing of Cold War tensions and improved relations between the Soviet Union and the United States during the 1970s
Nikita Khrushchev
Soviet leader after Stalin, known for De-Stalinization; 1953-1964
Afghanistan Invasion
Military invasion and subsequent decade-long war by Soviet troops in Afghanistan; 1979-1989
Cold War
Ideological, economic, and military tension between the Soviet Union and the Western bloc; roughly 1947-1991
Space Race
Competition between the Soviet Union and the United States for dominance in spaceflight capability; 1955-1972
Arms Race
Competition between the Soviet Union and the United States for superiority in the development and accumulation of weapons; mid-20th century
Mikhail Gorbachev
Final leader of the Soviet Union, introduced reforms of Perestroika and Glasnost; 1985-1991
Russian Revolution
The overthrow of Tsarist autocracy, leading to the creation of the Soviet Union; 1917
Brezhnev Doctrine
Policy that the Soviet Union had the right to intervene in any socialist country whenever it deemed necessary; 1968
Sputnik
First artificial Earth satellite launched by the Soviet Union; 1957
Prague Spring
Period of political liberalization in Czechoslovakia ending with Soviet invasion; 1968
Fall of the Berlin Wall
The event signifying the beginning of the end for the Soviet Union; 1989
Vladimir Lenin
Leader of the Bolsheviks, head of Soviet state from 1917-1924
KGB
Soviet Union's main security agency, responsible for state security, intelligence, and secret police; 1954-1991
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