Aim: How did the Soviet Union gain power following World War 2?
Leaders of Soviet Union
Vladimir Lenin(1922-1924)
Josef Stalin(1924-1953)
Nikita Khrushchev(1955-1964)
Leonid Brezhnev(1964-1982)
Brezhnev Doctrine – Soviet Union has the right to get involved in any Communist conflict
Détente – easing of tension
Mikael Gorbachev(1985-1991)
Glasnost – Opening Soviet Union politically and economically
Perestroika – restructuring Soviet Union economic and political policies
Homework: Cold War Packet due Friday 03/14
