Dates for USSR Control over Eastern Europe 0.0 / 5 ? HistoryA New World?IGCSEOCR Created by: joydadaCreated on: 11-04-17 14:03 Some Kittens Break Glass Stalin, Khrushchev, Brezhnev, Gorbachev 1 of 18 1964 Brezhnev comes into power 2 of 18 1985 Gorbachev comes into power 3 of 18 May 1955 Warsaw Pact is formed 4 of 18 October 1956 Student demonstration against USSR in Hungary puts Imre Nagy in power 5 of 18 November 1956 Nagy is too radical in the eyes of Khrushchev who invades Hungary and puts Kadar as leader 6 of 18 13 August 1961 Berlin Wall is erected 7 of 18 September 1968 Brezhnev Doctrine introduced 8 of 18 1980 Solidarity is formed under Lech Walesa as a trade union free of Soviet control 9 of 18 August 1980 Solidarity present 21 demands to the Polish Government, who agree. 10 of 18 January 1981 Solidarity has 9 million members 11 of 18 February 1981 Martial Law begins in Poland 12 of 18 December 1981 Walesa is prisoned and Solidarity is banned but continues underground 13 of 18 1988 Gorbachev introduces Glasnost and Perestroika 14 of 18 July 1988 Gorbachev abandons the Brezhnev Doctrine 15 of 18 June 1989 Free elections in Poland and Lech Walesa becomes president 16 of 18 November 1989 Berlin Wall is dismantled following protests 17 of 18 July 1991 Warsaw Pact officially ends 18 of 18
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