History Dates 1982 - 1991 0.0 / 5 ? HistoryCold WarA2/A-levelAQA Created by: elena_hoskinsCreated on: 13-05-15 13:00 1982 JUNE: START talks begin in Geneva NOVEMBER: Brezhnev dies and is replaced by Yuri Andropov 1 of 9 1983 MARCH: Reagan refers to the USSR as an 'evil empire' Reagan announces the Strategic Defence Initiative (SDI/STARWARS) SEPTEMBER: Shooting down of the Korean Airline KAL007 in Soviet airspace Nuclear War scare - Able Archer 2 of 9 1984 DECEMBER: Gorbachev and Thatcher meet - Thatcher says that Gorbachev is somebody that she can do business with 3 of 9 1985 MARCH: Gorbachev becomes the leader of the USSR NOVEMBER: Meeting between Gorbachev and Reagan 4 of 9 1986 FEBRUARY: Gorbachev announces his plans to reform the economy with Glasnost (openness) and Perestroika (reformation) OCTOBER: Reykjavik summit begins NOVEMBER: Soviets begin to remove their troops from Afghanistan 5 of 9 1987 DECEMBER: Gorbachev vists the USA and agrees to a ban on INF missiles 6 of 9 1989 NOVEMBER: The Berlin Wall comes down 7 of 9 1990 MARCH: Free elections are held in Hungary AUGUST: Iraq invades Kuwait - beginning of the Gulf War OCTOBER: Germany is reunited 8 of 9 1991 MARCH: The Warsaw Pact is dissolved JUNE: Slovenia and Croatia declare independence and fighting breaks out DECEMBER: The USSR is formally dissolved and becomes Russia 9 of 9
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