U.s relations with Russia
1952: US successfully detonated a hydrogen bomb
1953: Stalin's death
1955: Creation of the Warsaw Pact: Soviet Union formed a military alliance with Albania, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, East Germany, Hungary, Poland, and Romania
1956: Polish and Hungarian uprisings against the communist regime
Polish Uprising: Workers protested for better conditions, polish communist leadership did reform a few things. However they did not lead to greater conditions
Hungarian Uprising: Soviet forces moved into Hungary and overthrew the revolts
1957: Sputnik
1959: Khrushchev visits America and meets with president Eisenhower, showed him the "American lifestyle"
Antarctic Treaty
1960: Soviets shoot down an American U-2 jet flying over their territory
1961: Berlin Crisis
1962: Cuban Missile Crisis
1967: Treaty on Peaceful Uses of Outer Space: US signed treat with the Soviet Union
1968: Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty
Soviets invade Czechoslovakia
1972 & 1974: Moscow Summit: Nixon and Brezhnev discuss international and bilateral issues
1984: Soviet Olympic Boycott: Soviet Union announced they were not participating in the 1984 summer games in the US
1986: Chernobyl Disaster: Power plant explodes
Reykjavik Summit: President Reagan and Gorbachev meet to discuss the points outlined in Geneva
1987: Found listening devices at US embassy in Moscow
Gorbachev named man of the year in Time Magazine
1989: Fall of Communism in Eastern Europe: Gorbachev announced that the Soviet Union wouldn't interfere with affairs of the neighboring countries
East German Government opens the Berlin Wall
1990: Bush extends Economic assistance in the Soviet Union: Bush announced he would waive the Jackson-Vanik Amendment for six months
Gorbachev wins Nobel Peace Prize
1991: Declared Soviet Union had ceased to exist: Commonwealth of Independent States
1994: First US & Russian Space Shuttle Mission
1997: NATO-Russia Founding Act
2002: NATO-Russia Council
2008: Russia invades Georgia
2014: Russia invades the Ukraine and Crimea