Dates for USSR Control over Eastern Europe

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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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Card 2

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1964

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Brezhnev comes into power

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1985

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Card 4

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May 1955

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Card 5

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October 1956

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