| 15 January 1986 |
Soviet Union
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Soviet Union history
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Gorbachev proposes a staged abolition of nuclear weapons
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| 23 April 1985 |
Soviet Union
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Soviet Union history
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CPSU Central Committee calls for economic acceleration
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| 11 March 1985 |
Soviet Union
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Soviet Union history
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Mikhail Gorbachev is selected as General Secretary
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| 11 March 1985 |
Soviet Union
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Non Aligned movement
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Mikhail Gorbachev becomes General Secretary of the Communist Party
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| 10 March 1985 |
Soviet Union
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Soviet Union history
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Konstantin Chernenko dies
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| 8 May 1984 |
Soviet Union
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Soviet Union history
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Soviet Union announces it will boycott the Los Angeles Olympics
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| 13 February 1984 |
Soviet Union
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Soviet Union history
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Konstantin Chernenko is chosen as General Secretary
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| 9 February 1984 |
Soviet Union
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Soviet Union history
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Yuri Andropov dies
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| 12 November 1982 |
Soviet Union
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Soviet Union history
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Yuri Andropov becomes CPSU General Secretary
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| 10 November 1982 |
Soviet Union
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Soviet Union history
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Leonid Brezhnev dies
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| 8 September 1982 |
Soviet Union
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Soviet Union history
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Remaining Moscow Helsinki Group members announce dissolution
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| 23 February 1981 |
Soviet Union
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Soviet Union history
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Twenty-Sixth CPSU Congress opens
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| 19 July 1980 |
Soviet Union
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Soviet Union history
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Moscow Summer Olympics open amid a broad boycott
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| 5 December 1978 |
Soviet Union
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Soviet Union history
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Afghanistan and the USSR sign a Treaty of Friendship and Cooperation
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| 3 November 1978 |
Soviet Union
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Soviet Union history
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USSR and Vietnam sign a Treaty of Friendship and Cooperation
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