A timeline for the United Stated and Soviet Union for the years from 1942-1992 (by Leaders)

1. COLD WAR LEADERS 1940-1990

2. World War II U.S. Franklin D. Roosevelt 1932-1945 U.S.S.R. Joseph Stalin 1921-1953 U.S. Harry Truman 1945- 1952

3. Post WWII U.S. Dwight Eisenhower 1952-1961 U.S.S.R. Nikita Khrushchev 1953-1964

4. 1960’s U.S. John F. Kennedy 1961-1963 U.S.S.R Leonid Brezhnev 1964-1982 U.S. Lyndon Johnson 1963-1969

5. 1970’s U.S. U.S. Richard Nixon 1969-1972 U.S. Gerald Ford 1972-1977 U.S. Jimmy Carter 1977-1981

6. 1980’s U.S. Ronald Reagan 1981-1989 U.S.S.R. Mikhail Gorbachev 1985-1991 U.S.S.R Konstantin Chernenko1984-1985 U.S.S.R Yuri Andropov 1982-1984

7. 1990’s C.I.S. Boris Yeltsin 1992-1995 U.S. George H.W. Bush 1989-1993