Foreign Policies
U-2 Incident:
- In 1960, USSR shot down an American spy plane. The US denying that it was a spy plane and claims that it was a weather plane. However, the American pilot survived and confessed that it was a spy plane which caused the relations between the west and USSR to seriously decline
- In 1960, USSR shot down an American spy plane. The US denying that it was a spy plane and claims that it was a weather plane. However, the American pilot survived and confessed that it was a spy plane which caused the relations between the west and USSR to seriously decline
Warsaw Pact 1955:
- Military alliances sponsored by the USSR which included all of the European satellite states (Soviet Union, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, the German Democratic Republic (East Germany), Hungary, Poland, and Romania)
- Bought the satellite states together into an alliance
- Began a less harsh relations between USSR and her satellite states
- Military alliances sponsored by the USSR which included all of the European satellite states (Soviet Union, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, the German Democratic Republic (East Germany), Hungary, Poland, and Romania)
- Bought the satellite states together into an alliance
- Began a less harsh relations between USSR and her satellite states
Poland Uprising in 1956:
- Polish workers protested against working conditions and people wanted the USSR out of their business
- The Polish leader Gomulka worked on gaining some freedom
- Khrushchev agreed to limit communism, no forced collectivization as long as Poland remains as ally to the USSR
- Polish workers protested against working conditions and people wanted the USSR out of their business
- The Polish leader Gomulka worked on gaining some freedom
- Khrushchev agreed to limit communism, no forced collectivization as long as Poland remains as ally to the USSR
Hungarian Uprising in 1956:
- Imre Nagy replaced Stalinist Rakosi and he promised more freedom which lead to anti-Soviet demands
- Nagy announced that he would be pulling Hungary out of the Warsaw pact
- On November 4, 1956 Soviet tanks enter Budapest which resulted in 30,000 deaths and 200,000 fled and the Soviets installed Janos Kadar as the new leader
- Imre Nagy replaced Stalinist Rakosi and he promised more freedom which lead to anti-Soviet demands
- Nagy announced that he would be pulling Hungary out of the Warsaw pact
- On November 4, 1956 Soviet tanks enter Budapest which resulted in 30,000 deaths and 200,000 fled and the Soviets installed Janos Kadar as the new leader
Berlin Crisis of 1961
- American spy plane shot down over Soviet territory and pilot taken prisoner
- Khrushchev demanded apology from Eisenhower at Paris Summit Meeting
- Led to break up of Summit
- Khrushchev was determined to remove western powers from Berlin and drain their power in West Germany
Results:
- Khrushchev had the Berlin Wall through the middle of Berlin
- Other Russian leaders were negative about the wall, so Khrushchev ordered a new series of nuclear tests
- As a result of the tests, it was announced a hydrogen bomb 3000x as powerful as Hiroshima has been exploded
- Berlin wall became a symbol of the Cold War
- American spy plane shot down over Soviet territory and pilot taken prisoner
- Khrushchev demanded apology from Eisenhower at Paris Summit Meeting
- Led to break up of Summit
- Khrushchev was determined to remove western powers from Berlin and drain their power in West Germany
Results:
- Khrushchev had the Berlin Wall through the middle of Berlin
- Other Russian leaders were negative about the wall, so Khrushchev ordered a new series of nuclear tests
- As a result of the tests, it was announced a hydrogen bomb 3000x as powerful as Hiroshima has been exploded
- Berlin wall became a symbol of the Cold War
Building of the Berlin Wall:
- Between 1945 and 1950, over 15 million people emigrated from Soviet-occupied eastern European countries to the West
- Brain drain refers to the large emigration of a large group of individuals with technical skills or knowledge leaving Eastern Germany and escaping to Western Germany
- In 1961 the Berlin wall was built to prevent any more brain drain
- Between 1945 and 1950, over 15 million people emigrated from Soviet-occupied eastern European countries to the West
- Brain drain refers to the large emigration of a large group of individuals with technical skills or knowledge leaving Eastern Germany and escaping to Western Germany
- In 1961 the Berlin wall was built to prevent any more brain drain
Sino-Soviet split
- The USSR and Khrushchev faced a lot of criticism from China because of the Cuban missile crisis. (Mao believe that Khrushchev is weak and gave in to the capitalist west)
- China resented Khrushchev’s policy of de-stalinization.
- The Soviets refused to assist China in a nuclear weapons programme.
- There were border disputes in Mongolia.
- The USSR and Khrushchev faced a lot of criticism from China because of the Cuban missile crisis. (Mao believe that Khrushchev is weak and gave in to the capitalist west)
- China resented Khrushchev’s policy of de-stalinization.
- The Soviets refused to assist China in a nuclear weapons programme.
- There were border disputes in Mongolia.