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on the largest program of military downsizing seen since the end of World War II Standing air force navy and army equipment fleets were chopped down and equipment mothballed sold to allies at f. Student: Cristina- Daniela FERARU. Coordinator: . prof. .. Arkadiusz K. OTLINSK. I. Polkowice. , Poland . 2013. Introduction. . On Christmas Day 1991, the Soviet flag flew over the Kremlin in Moscow for the last time. A few days earlier, representatives from 11 Soviet republics (Ukraine, the Russian Federation, Belarus, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan) met in the Kazakh city of Alma-Ata and announced that they would no longer be part of the Soviet Union. USSR. Soviet Union and Satellite Nations. 1989: Tiananmen Square in China. 1950: . Korean War. Timeline of Communism in the 20. th. Century. 1910 1920 1930 1940 1950 1960 1970 1980 1990. 9/1949 – USSR tests its own atomic bomb. 10/1949 – Communists create PRC (People’s Republic of China), surprised the American public . 1952 – US tests a hydrogen bomb/USSR -1953. MAD – mutually assured destruction – acted as a deterrent . 3. rd. Year History. Causes of the Cold War. Political . differences. Disagreements during WW2 . The US slow to open ‘second front’. 27 m Russians died.. Atomic bomb not shared with USSR.. The Iron Curtain. Buffer zone of ‘satellite states’. Tension.. By:. Vikram Jain, Dawood Pervez, Sultan Iqbal and Maninderjit Bal. NATO. (North Atlantic Treaty Organisation). - The Berlin Blockade and Airlift showed the Allies that war with the USSR was possible. In April 1949 they decided to form the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO). . From the USSR to Modern Day Russia. Vladimir Lenin. Leader of the . USSR. from 1917-1924. Led the . Bolsheviks. to revolt and remove Tsar Nicholas the II and the royal family. . Implemented a . Communist Party . AWHONN Virginia. 2017 Section Conference. Defining the issue. Sudden. Unexpected Postnatal . Collapse. Respiratory failure. Cardiac Arrest. Limpness, pallor, . bradycardia. , cyanosis. Death. Neurodevelopmental Impairment. Case Study: Korean . War, Arms Race. THE KOREAN WAR. Korea occupied by Japan until the end of WWII . North liberated by Soviets; South by the Americans . North = communist, one-party Soviet system. South = anti-communist (not very democratic) but supported by USA. 73 - 44 B.C.. The Collapse of the Republic. Spartacus, a . Thracian . gladiator, escapes and leads a slave revolt through the Apennine mountains.. The Collapse of the Republic. After nearly 3 years of ravaging the countryside, Spartacus is captured by . L/O – To identify and evaluate the long and short-term causes of the collapse of the USSR. The ‘Sudden’ Collapse of the USSR. On Xmas Day in 1991, Mikhail Gorbachev resigned as President and the USSR ceased to exist. Thus ending the Cold War. No one in the West had predicted it!. 1964- 1982 Brezhnev Era. Very Repressive. Corruption High. Complaints against regime led to imprisonment. . Factors weakening the USSR. Afghanistan War 1979-1989.. Economic Stagnation. Corruption. 1985- 1990 Gorbachev Era. Learning objective . – to be able to explain the . reasons why the USSR invaded Afghanistan in 1979.. I can . describe. the . reasons . why the USSR invaded Afghanistan in 1979. .. Grade D. I can . Learning objective . – to be able to assess the impact of the USSR invasion of Czechoslovakia In 1968.. I can . describe. the key features of the USSR invasion of Czechoslovakia in 1968.. Grade D. Objective:. To analyse the reasons why the USSR became a superpower after WWII. Consider the origins of the Cold War. Task 1:. What can you learn?. Core. : Describe: What . can you . see?. Stretch. : Explain: What learn .