During the Cold War, Truman and Atlee recognized the Communist government of Poland. This historic event took place at the Yalta conference.
Germany was reunited in October 1990 after a democratic movement overturned East Germany's Communist Government. There were lots more the affected the turnout of this event. We cannot forget about the fall of the Berlin Wall and the destruction of the Iron Curtain.
The workers, soldiers and peasants of Petrograd and other cities ended the rule of the Tsars by sparking the February Revolution of 1917 in Russia. Thousands of people took to the streets demonstrating against the Tsar's running of the war, his inability to end constant food shortages and his refusal to make land reforms. When Tsar Nicholas realized he had lost control of the military and could not stop the rioting in Petrograd and other cities, he abdicated the throne in favor of his brother Michael, who promptly refused it. The Provisional Government then took over. Lenin and the Bolsheviks did NOT end the rule of the Tsars. Lenin and the Bolsheviks overthrew Alexander Kerensky and the Russian Provisional Government in the October Revolution. The rule of the Tsars had already been ended eight months earlier.
a major event in the cold war was the space race
the Great Depression
During the Cold War, Truman and Atlee recognized the Communist government of Poland. This historic event took place at the Yalta conference.
China has always been an independent nation, although somewhat weak during the 18th, 19th and early 20th centuries. It did not obtain freedom, or independence, from any country in 1949 or any other modern year. A notable event in 1949 was that the Nationalist Chinese government, loosing in battle to the Communists, withdrew to Taiwan. As a result, a Communist government was established in Beijing claiming to represent all of China, and a Nationalist / capitalist government was established on Taiwan claiming to represent all of China.
Communist infiltration.
Only the wealthy benefited from American investments, but the poor did not.
Only the wealthy benefited from American investments, but the poor did not.
The Communist government of Eastern Germany resigned, the Berlin Wall opened (and was later torn down), and Germany was reunified a year later.
The February Revolution in which the Tsar of Russia was overthrown and a Provisional Government established in the Tsar's place occurred before the Bolshevik Revolution.
The communist takeover brought the genocide in Cambodia.
The fall of Cambodia and South Vietnam to Communist forces was probably the big event.
The communist revolution in russia in 1917
Pluto is established
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