europe looked different before the cold war
countries that broke up after the cold war- yugoslavia, soviet union
sovier union- known as iron curtain because they were mysterious, started to colllapse in 91
countries that formed after soviets broke up- estonia, russia, lithuania, latvia
estonia- part of the boltic states, wanted econominc freedom in beginning, gained indepedence on sept. 6th in 1991. broke out because they wanted freedom
----different leader wanted each country to do what they wanted to
latvia- part of the baltic states, formed a human line from estonia to lithuania to show that they wanted freedom, became free in 1991
lithuania- part of the baltic states, involved in the human chain, became part of the united nations on sept 18, 1991
moldova- june 23, 1990 adopted the declaration of sovereighnty.
russia- mikhail gorbachev came to power, liked by the US and he liked the US government
ukraine- communist tried to remove gorbachev, on aug 24, 1991 the Ukraine passed the act of indepence, act declared Ukraine a free nation
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Belarus- became free
yugoslavia- leader was tito, break up was slow and war filled, took a while but broke away in 2008
after yugoslavia broke up croatia kosovo and serbia formed along with others
croatia- declared independence in 1991, went to war with yugosalvia
kosovo- huge war broke out, tried to get indepedence in 1990 but didnt get it til 2008
montenegro- broke away from yugoslavia and became part of serbia
serbia- one of the last countries to break away from yugoslavia, declared independece in 2006
slovenia- indepenced in 1991
east and west germany- split in end of WWII, reunited after 45 years
berlin blockade and airlift- soviets tried to block the allied access into berlin- failure
caused by the cold war- 1947
stalin wanted to destroy germany, US wanted to rebuild
event between super powers
airlift began june 24, 1948
food was limited and calories were cut. men allowed only 900 calories per day
US and great britian combined their military zones and called in bizonia- area of land in germany where the american and british occupation zones combined
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