Soviet Union–United States relations

1947–1991 tension between the Soviet Union and the United States and their respective allies

American chess player (1943–2008)

competition to explore space between USA and USSR

United States-funded international media outlet

United States Cold War policy to contain communism in Europe and elsewhere

American peace activist and child actress (1972–1985)

thumb|upright=1.3|Franklin D. Roosevelt|President Roosevelt signs the Lend-Lease bill to give aid to Britain and China (March 1941). thumb|United States House of Representatives|House of Representatives bill # 1776, p.1 Lend-Lease, formally the Lend-Lease Act and introduced as An Act to Promote the Defense of the United States (), was a policy under which the United States supplied the United Kingdom, the Soviet Union, France, the Republic of China, and other Allied nations of the Second World War with food, oil, and between 1941 and 1945. The aid was given free of charge on the basis that suc

thumb|right|Horizontal flags featuring the GAZelle logo near a GAZelle car shop in Astana GAZ (Gorkovsky avtomobilny zavod, ) is a Russian automotive manufacturer located in Nizhny Novgorod, formerly known as Gorky (Горький) (1932–1990). It is the core subsidiary of GAZ Group Holding, which is itself part of Basic Element industrial group. JSC Russian Machines is the controlling shareholder in OAO GAZ.

speech given by John F. Kennedy in West Berlin in June 1963

treaty that forms the basis of international space law

thumb|Leonid Brezhnev (left), [[Viktor Sukhodrev (center), and Richard Nixon (right) during Brezhnev's 1973 visit to Washington, D.C., a high-water mark in détente between the United States and the Soviet Union]]

American political party

1983 shoot-down of a civilian airliner over the then–Soviet Union

defunct American missile defense system (1984-1993)

Apollo–Soyuz was the first crewed international space mission, conducted jointly by the United States and the Soviet Union in July 1975. Millions watched on television as an American Apollo spacecraft docked with a Soviet Soyuz capsule. The mission and its symbolic "handshake in space" became an emblem of détente during the Cold War.

aviation incident

1990 treaty making Germany fully independent

1963 limited test ban treaty

conflict in northwestern Iran

strategic bomber aircraft

thumb|right|200px|United States Information Agency|United States Information Service propaganda poster distributed in Asia depicting [[Juan dela Cruz ready to defend the Philippines from the threat of communism]]

international sports competition

policy of Eisenhower and the United States

any of several events where widespread fear of communism or leftism develops

1961 Cold War incident in divided Berlin

American strategy until the end of the Cold War

military occupation governing body of the Allied Occupation Zones in Germany

speech delivered by President Ronald Reagan of the USA in West Berlin in June 1987

1972 chess match in Reykjavík, Iceland for the World Chess Championship between challenger Bobby Fischer (USA) and defending champion Boris Spassky (USSR)

exchanges of views between Nikita Khrushchev and Richard Nixon at an exhibition in Moscow in July 1959

1983 speech by Ronald Reagan

United States response to the launch of Sputnik

any new period of history evidencing a dramatic change in world political thought and the balance of power

system that allows direct communication between the leaders of the United States and Russia

treaty

NATO command post exercise in 1983

proposed international order policed by the Americans, British, Soviets, and Chinese

the passages between the northern Atlantic Ocean and the Norwegian Sea (Greenland - Iceland - United Kingdom)

international diplomacy

NATO's soft opposition to the Soviet Union intervention in Afghanistan

The "Miracle on Ice" was an ice hockey game during the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, New York. It was played between the hosting United States and the Soviet Union on February 22, 1980, during the medal round of the men's ice hockey tournament. Although the Soviet Union was a four-time defending gold medalist and heavily favored, the United States achieved an upset victory, winning 4–3. The Soviet Union had won the gold medal in five of the six previous Winter Olympic Games, and were the heavy favorite to win another gold in Lake Placid. Olympic rules at the time prohibited professional athletes from competing, but the Soviet government circumvented this by employing professional athletes in symbolic university or military positions, allowing them to focus full-time on sport. As a result, the Soviet team consisted of veteran players with significant experience in international play. By contrast, the United States team, led by head coach Herb Brooks, was composed mostly of amateur players; only four players had any experience beyond that level, and even then all four had only minimal, minor-league experience. In addition, the United States had the youngest team in the tournament and in U.S. national team history. In the group stage, both the Soviet and American teams were undefeated; the U.S. achieved several surprising results, including a 2–2 draw against Sweden, and a 7–3 upset victory over second-place favorite Czechoslovakia.

Cold War territorial conflict between USSR & Turkey

1976 film by George Cukor

day Soviet and American troops met for the first time in Nazi Germany

competition between multiple parties to have superior nuclear weaponry

quote by Soviet First Secretary Nikita Khrushchev

1924 film by Lev Kuleshov

international satellite-aided search and rescue initiative

country entered in olympic winter games

Cold War-era coordinated embargo of East Bloc states by the West Bloc

United Nations Security Council resolution

prototype airliner

Top secret US Air Force project

sport boycott

thumb|January 10, 1973. Soviet Jewish refusenik demonstration in front of the Ministry of Internal Affairs for the right to emigrate to Israel, before being broken up by Soviet authorities. thumb|A rare type 2 USSR exit visa. This type of visa was issued to those who received permission to leave the USSR permanently and lost their Soviet citizenship. Many people who wanted to emigrate were unable to receive this kind of exit visa. thumb|Letter from the Soviet Ministry of Internal Affairs|MVD to a 76-year-old man from Sverdlovsk refusing him permission to move to Israel due to "knowledge of sta

KGB disinformation campaign

1990 film by Yuri Ozerov

1952 communication by Joseph Stalin

embassy

1959 Golf-class submarine