key dates! Flashcards

1
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When was the Russian Revolution?

A

1917

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2
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When was the Polish-Russian War?

A

1920

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3
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Between which years did the Soviet Foreign policy last?

A

1922-41

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4
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When did Joseph Stalin become leader of the USSR?

A

1929

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5
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When was the Nazi-Soviet pact agreed on?

A

1939

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6
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When was the Tehran Conference?

A

Nov 1943, Iran

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7
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When was the Yalta Conference?

A

Feb 1945, Ukraine

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8
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When was the Potsdam Conference?

A

May 1945, Germany

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9
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When were the atomic bombs dropped on Japan by the USA?

A

1945

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10
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When was the Hungarian Uprising?

A

1945-56

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11
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Between which dates was Stalin practicing ‘Salami Tactics’?

A

1945-49

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12
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Between which dates was ‘The Brain Drain’ occuring?

A

1945-61

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13
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When was the ‘Long Telegram’ released?

A

1946 by George Kennan

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14
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When was the Iron Curtain speech?

A

1946

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15
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When was the Russian telegram released?

A

1946 by Nikolai Novikov

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16
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When was the Truman Doctrine?

A

1947

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17
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When was Cominform?

A

1947

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18
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When did the Marshal Plan take place?

A

1948

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19
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When was the Treaty of Brussels?

A

1948

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20
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When was Comecon?

A

1949

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21
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Between which years did the Arms Race take place?

A

1949-91

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22
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When was the Berlin Blockade first started and ended?

A

started: 1948 and ended: May 1949

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23
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When was Trizonia formally formed?

A

1949

24
Q

When did the Soviets test their first atomic bomb?

A

1949

25
Q

When were the USA and USSR’s hydrogen bombs created?

A

USA: 1952 and USSR: 1953

26
Q

When did Stalin die?

A

1953

27
Q

Between what days did the Bay of Pigs invasion take place?

A

17th April - 20th April 1961

28
Q

When did the Cuban Missile Crisis take place?

A

October 1962

29
Q

When was the Checkpoint Charlie stand off?

A

Oct 1961

30
Q

When was the Berlin wall built?

A

1961

31
Q

When was the Paris Summit?

A

1960

32
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When was the Vienna Summit?

A

1961

33
Q

When was the Brain Drain

A

throughout the 1950s

34
Q

When was the Cuban Missile Crisis

A

16th Oct 1962

35
Q

When was the Bay of Pigs

A

17th April 1961

36
Q

When was the ‘Ich Bin ein Berliner’ speech and by who?

A

June 1963, J.F. Kennedy

37
Q

When was Prague Spring?

A

January 1968

38
Q

When was the Geneva Summit

A

1955

39
Q

When did the Berlin wall fall?

A

9th Nov 1989

40
Q

When did the Soviet Union collapse?

A

26th Dec 1991

41
Q

When was the Afghan war?

A

1978-92

42
Q

When was Detente?

A

late 1960s - late 1970s

43
Q

When was SALT I

A

May 1972

44
Q

When was SALT II

A

May 1979

45
Q

When was the Berlin blockade?

A

June 1948 - 1949

46
Q

When was the Korean war?

A

1950-53

47
Q

When was was hot-line set up between the White house and Kremlin?

A

1963

48
Q

When dis Brezhnev come to power?

A

1964

49
Q

When did Nixon come to power?

A

1969

50
Q

When was the end of Detente?

A

1980

51
Q

When did Reagan come to power?

A

1981

52
Q

When did Gorbachev come to power?

A

1985

53
Q

When was Gorbachev’s ‘new thinking’?

A

1985, Glasnost and Perestroika

54
Q

When was the coup to overthrow Gorbachev?

A

1991, failed

55
Q

When was the end of the Cold War?

A

1991