Russia and 14 surrounding nations with its capital in Moscow

A conflict that was between the US and the Soviet Union. The nations never directly confronted each other on the battlefield but deadly threats went on for years.

a war in which powerful nuclear weapons are used.

The group of Eastern European nations that fell under the control of the Soviet Union following World War II.

Winston Churchill's term for the Cold War division between the Soviet-dominated Eastern and the U.S.-dominated West.

when the government controls the laws AND economy of a country

Years of the Cold War

leader of the Soviet Union during World War II and at the beginning of the Cold War

Soviet leader of the 1980s who worked with Reagan to end the Cold War

US leader of the 1980s who worked with Gorbachev to end the Cold War