34. Lifting the Iron Curtain

Table of Contents | 1. Earth | 2. The Origin of Life and Evolution of Man | 3. Civilisation | 4. Fertile Crescent | 5. Egypt | 6. Indus Valley | 7. Yellow River (Haung He/Huang Ho) | 8. Hittites, Canaanites, Phoenicians, Assyrians | 9. New World (B. C./Pre-Columban) | 10. Greeks and Persians | 11. Rome ( - B. C. - A. D. 96) | 12. The Messiah/Christus, Jesus, James, Simon/Peter, Saul/Paul | 13. Rome ( - A. D. 275) | 14. Rome and Byzantium (Nova Roma) | 15. Islam | 16. Charlemagne | 17. Vikings | 18. Turks, Crusaders, Mongols, Moors, Explorers and Conquistadors | 19. Reformation, Enlightenment (1300s -1700s) | 20. Mid-1700s - early 1900s | 21. The Great War | 22. Inter-War Years | 23. The War in Europe and Africa | 24. Second World War | 25. War in the Pacific | 26. Defeating the Axis in Europe and Africa | 27. End of Japanese Imperialism | 28. Ending the War | 29. Conquest of Space | 30. Averting Nuclear War | 31. End of Empire | 32. Man on the Moon | 33. Arms Race and Limitation | 34. Lifting the Iron Curtain | 35. The 21st Century | 36. Outer Space | 37. | 42.


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	Table of Contents \| 1. Earth \| 2. The Origin of Life and Evolution of Man \| 3. Civilisation \| 4. Fertile Crescent \| 5. Egypt \| 6. Indus Valley \| 7. Yellow River (Haung He/Huang Ho) \| 8. Hittites, Canaanites, Phoenicians, Assyrians \| 9. New World (B. C./Pre-Columban) \| 10. Greeks and Persians \| 11. Rome ( - B. C. - A. D. 96) \| 12. The Messiah/Christus, Jesus, James, Simon/Peter, Saul/Paul \| 13. Rome ( - A. D. 275) \| 14. Rome and Byzantium (Nova Roma) \| 15. Islam \| 16. Charlemagne \| 17. Vikings \| 18. Turks, Crusaders, Mongols, Moors, Explorers and Conquistadors \| 19. Reformation, Enlightenment (1300s -1700s) \| 20. Mid-1700s - early 1900s \| 21. The Great War \| 22. Inter-War Years \| 23. The War in Europe and Africa \| 24. Second World War \| 25. War in the Pacific \| 26. Defeating the Axis in Europe and Africa \| 27. End of Japanese Imperialism \| 28. Ending the War \| 29. Conquest of Space \| 30. Averting Nuclear War \| 31. End of Empire \| 32. Man on the Moon \| 33. Arms Race and Limitation \| 34. Lifting the Iron Curtain \| 35. The 21st Century \| 36. Outer Space \| 37. \| 42.


		*Continued from previous page, 33. Arms Race and Limitation* Berlin 1945 To see this page, 34. Lifting the Iron Curtain, click here. Source: IronCurtaincartoon, jspivey, Wikispaces London Evening Standard 1946 *PREVIEW* END OF THE COLD WAR U. S. President George Bush and Soviet Premier Mikhail Gorbachev declare the end of the Cold War Malta 3 December 1989 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b2af9iSBDnM THE END OF THE SOVIET UNION The Belavezha Accords, 8 December 1991 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ceqAujl6gTc The Break-Up of the Soviet Union Russian President Boris Yeltsin, Ukrainian President Leonid Kravchuk, and the Bylorussian leader Stanislav Shushkevich, signed an agreement ending the Soviet Union and creating the Commonwealth of Independent States in Viskuli, Belarus, on Dec. 8, 1991. BBC Radio, December 26, 2016 9 minutes https://www.bbc.com/audio/play/p04krtsj Gorbachev Resigns Soviet Presidency December 25, 1991 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4lPjMh1zpEo USSR flag lowered, Russian flag raised Kremlin 25 December 1991 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qcyaNScYWZo A New Russia President George Bush Christmas Address 25 December 1991 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LBVwzXUfnf8







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