Northern Eurasia, 26 Jun 1963: Height of the Cold War
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Oct 1955Soviets return
Port Arthur/Dairen
to China

Jul 1956Karelo-Finnish SSR abolished

Oct 1956Formal peace between
Soviet Union & Japan

23 Oct–11 Nov 1956Soviets crush Hungarian uprising

29 Oct–7 Nov 1956US & Soviet pressure
forces British & French
to back down in Suez Crisis

Oct 1957Soviets launch Sputnik, marking the
beginning of the “Space Race” with the US

Aug 1961East Germans build Berlin Wall

Oct 1962Cuban Missile Crisis: US-Soviet tensions peak

Dec 1962China-Mongolian
Border Treaty