The Brezhnev Era, 1972-1985 Flashcards
Martial Law declared in Poland
December 1981
Soviet invasion of Afghanistan
December 1979
Brezhnev dies, replaced by Andropov
November 1982
Helsinki Accords
1975
SALT II signed
June 1979
Jimmy Carter elected president of USA
November 1976
Nixon resigns, is replaced by Gerald Ford
August 1974
Allende overthrown in Chile and replaced by Pinochet
September 1973
Fall of Saigon and reunification of Vietnam
April 1975
Margaret Thatcher elected Prime Minister of the UK
May 1979
Ronald Reagan elected president of USA
November 1980
Death of Mao Zedong
September 1976
Gdansk Agreement signed in Poland
August 1980
Gorbachev becomes leader of the Soviet Union
March 1985
Cease fire in Vietnam
January 1973
Sandinista victory in Nicaragua
July 1979
Khmer Rouge victory in Cambodian Civil War
1975
Boycott of Moscow Olympics
March 1980
Reagan announces the SDI, or ‘Star Wars’ programme
March 1983
Reagan denounces Soviet Union for lack of human rights
March 1982
The CIA supports anti-Sandinista Contras
November 1981
US invasion of Grenada
October 1983
Paris Peace Agreement
January 1973
Sino-Vietnamese War
February 1979
Andropov does, succeeded by Chernenko
February 1984
Soviet and Cuban forces help install Communist government in Angola
February 1976
