Soviet Union (1979–1989)

GPTKB entity

Statements (51)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:historical_period
gptkbp:capital gptkb:Moscow
gptkbp:currency gptkb:Soviet_ruble
gptkbp:endDate 1989
gptkbp:governmentType single-party socialist republic
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Soviet Union (1979–1989)
gptkbp:leader gptkb:Konstantin_Chernenko
gptkb:Leonid_Brezhnev
gptkb:Mikhail_Gorbachev
gptkb:Yuri_Andropov
gptkbp:memberOf gptkb:Comecon
gptkb:Warsaw_Pact
gptkbp:notableEvent gptkb:Chernobyl_nuclear_disaster
gptkb:Soviet_withdrawal_from_Afghanistan
gptkb:INF_Treaty
gptkb:Geneva_Summit_(1985)
gptkb:1980_Summer_Olympics_in_Moscow
gptkb:Boycott_of_1984_Summer_Olympics
gptkb:Nagorno-Karabakh_conflict_(beginning)
gptkb:Soviet–Chinese_rapprochement
gptkb:Soviet_famine_of_1984–1985
gptkb:Malta_Summit_(1989)
Economic stagnation
Soviet economic reforms
Soviet–US summits
Increase in emigration of Jews and other minorities
Arms race with the United States
Collapse of Eastern Bloc governments
Eastern Bloc unrest
Emergence of political openness
Emergence of samizdat publications
Rise of Boris Yeltsin
Rise of dissident movements
Rise of independence movements in Baltic states
Sakharov's return from exile
Sino-Soviet split (ongoing)
Soviet space program (continued)
gptkbp:notablePolicy gptkb:Glasnost
gptkb:Perestroika
gptkbp:officialLanguage gptkb:Russian
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:Soviet_Union
gptkbp:president gptkb:Mikhail_Gorbachev
gptkbp:primeMinister gptkb:Nikolai_Ryzhkov
gptkb:Nikolai_Tikhonov
gptkbp:significantEvent gptkb:Chernobyl_disaster
gptkb:Glasnost
gptkb:Perestroika
gptkb:Soviet–Afghan_War
gptkbp:startDate 1979
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Afghan_government_(historical)
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6