Topic 6 - The End of the Cold War and the New World Order
Timeline
Date Event
July, 1944 Bretton Woods Conference; formation of World Bank and
International Monetary Fund (IMF)
December, 1979 Soviets invade Afghanistan
September, 1980 Formation of Solidarity (Poland)
December, 1981 Solidarity is banned
1985 Gorbachev becomes USSR leader; introduces reforms
February, 1989 All Soviet troops out of Afghanistan
February - April, 1989 Polish Round Table Talks
March, 1989 Satellite states no longer receiving aid from USSR
May, 1989 Satellite states beginning to gain independence
June, 1989 Elections in Poland; Solidarity wins
November 9, 1989 Berlin Wall falls
December, 1989 Official agreement that CW is over
March, 1990 Election in USSR to choose state leadership; Yeltsin head of
Russia, but Gorbachev head of USSR
August, 1990 Coup attempt to overthrow Gorbachev (unsuccessful, but
Yeltsin seen as leader of the people)
August, 1991 Gorbachev disbands Communist Party
December 21, 1991 Collapse of USSR
1995 Establishment of World Trade Organization
September 11, 2001 Al Qaeda attack on World Trade Centre
2011 South Africa joins BRIC (now BRICS)
, US and USSR Leaders
Year US President Leader of USSR
1945 Roosevelt (1945), Truman Stalin
1949 Truman
1953 Eisenhower Malenkov (1953),
Khrushchev
1961 Kennedy
1963 Johnson
1964 Brezhnev
1969 Nixon
1974 Ford
1977 Carter
1981 Reagan
1982 Andropov
1984 Chernenko
1985 Gorbachev
1989 Bush
1991
1993 Clinton
Timeline
Date Event
July, 1944 Bretton Woods Conference; formation of World Bank and
International Monetary Fund (IMF)
December, 1979 Soviets invade Afghanistan
September, 1980 Formation of Solidarity (Poland)
December, 1981 Solidarity is banned
1985 Gorbachev becomes USSR leader; introduces reforms
February, 1989 All Soviet troops out of Afghanistan
February - April, 1989 Polish Round Table Talks
March, 1989 Satellite states no longer receiving aid from USSR
May, 1989 Satellite states beginning to gain independence
June, 1989 Elections in Poland; Solidarity wins
November 9, 1989 Berlin Wall falls
December, 1989 Official agreement that CW is over
March, 1990 Election in USSR to choose state leadership; Yeltsin head of
Russia, but Gorbachev head of USSR
August, 1990 Coup attempt to overthrow Gorbachev (unsuccessful, but
Yeltsin seen as leader of the people)
August, 1991 Gorbachev disbands Communist Party
December 21, 1991 Collapse of USSR
1995 Establishment of World Trade Organization
September 11, 2001 Al Qaeda attack on World Trade Centre
2011 South Africa joins BRIC (now BRICS)
, US and USSR Leaders
Year US President Leader of USSR
1945 Roosevelt (1945), Truman Stalin
1949 Truman
1953 Eisenhower Malenkov (1953),
Khrushchev
1961 Kennedy
1963 Johnson
1964 Brezhnev
1969 Nixon
1974 Ford
1977 Carter
1981 Reagan
1982 Andropov
1984 Chernenko
1985 Gorbachev
1989 Bush
1991
1993 Clinton
