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| Head of the Romanian communist party, developed an inddpendent foriegn policy and actually refused to participate in the soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia |
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| Outspoken communist reformer from western Siberia who won the presidency of teh Russian Republic , took control of the nuclear arsenal after the soviet breakup so that neither us not former USSR had nuclear weapons staged against each other |
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| US pres. who was working toward ending arms race with USSR until a US spy plane was shot down over USSR |
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| pres. of czechoslovakia , leader of communist party, forced to accept some reforms |
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| leader of USSR, young, supported reform, liked in west, but disliked in USSR |
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| US pres, not great diplomat, contributed to cold war tensions |
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| polish leader, made some changes but was removed from power b/c his govt was corrupt |
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| Soviet premier, respected Stalin, attacked intellectuals to remove shame of destalinization |
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| US pres, Cuban missile crisis |
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