The document outlines major events from 1917 to 1991 related to the Cold War and rise and fall of communism. It begins with the Russian Revolution and Lenin becoming leader of Russia in 1917. Key events include the formation of the USSR in 1922, World War II, the start of the Cold War in 1945, the Berlin Blockade and establishment of NATO in 1949. It concludes with the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989 and dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991, marking the official end of the Cold War.

2. 1917 World War I ends
Russian Revolution
Vladimir Lenin becomes
leader ruler in Russia
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3. 1919 1st Red Scare
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4. 1922 Formation of the U.S.S.R.
Union of Soviet Socialist Republic
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5. 1924 Lenin dies
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6. 1939 Hitler becomes Chancellor of
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World War II begins
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7. 1940 Winston Churchill becomes
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8. 1941 Joseph Stalin becomes dictator of
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9. 1945 World War II ends
Truman becomes President
of the United States
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10. 1946 Iron Curtain is established
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11. 1947 2nd Red Scare
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12. 1948 Berlin Blockade begins
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13. 1949 China becomes a Communist nation
Russia develops nuclear weapons
NATO is established
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14. 1950 Korean War begins
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15. 1953 Stalin dies
Eisenhower becomes
President of the United
States
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16. 1954 Vietnam War begins
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17. 1955 1955 Nikita Khrushchev takes
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power in in Soviet Union
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Warsaw Pact is established
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18. 1959 Fidel Castro becomes the
Communist leader in Cuba
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19. 1960 U.S. spy plane (U-2) shot
down over Russia
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20. 1961 John F. Kennedy becomes
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21. 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis
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22. 1963 President Kennedy is
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23. 1965 U.S. sends troops to Vietnam
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24. 1969 Khrushchev is overthrown
U.S. lands on the moon
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25. 1973 U.S. removes troops from
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26. 1975 Vietnam War is over
South Vietnam becomes
Communist
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27. 1979 Soviet Union invades Afghanistan
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28. 1980 Ronald Reagan is elected
President of the United States
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29. 1983 Reagan proposes the “Star Wars”
Initiative
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30. 1985 Mikhail Gorbachev becomes
leader of the Soviet Union
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31. 1986 Russian nuclear reactor explodes
- Chernobyl
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32. 1989 Berlin Wall is torn down
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33. 1990 Fall of Communism in Europe
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34. 1991 Gorbachev resigns
Soviet Union is dissolved
Cold War is officially over
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