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

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

4 Nov 1956Soviets crush Hungarian uprising

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