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| − | The [[Iron Curtain]] | + | The [[Iron Curtain]] was a metaphorical term referring to the bar to travel, commerce and communication between the nations of the West and the nations under the control of the [[Soviet Union]]. |
| + | It was erected by the Soviet Union after [[World War II]] and was the first part of the [[Cold War]]. The phrase was coined by [[Winston Churchill]], in 1946, in a speech at [[Westminster College]] in Fulton, [[Missouri]]. The [[Berlin Wall]] was perhaps its most visible symbol, dividing the German city into the free [[West Berlin]] and the [[East Berlin]] under Soviet [[dictator]]ship. | ||
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| + | The Iron Curtain's shredding took place after a series of events in the 1980s, perhaps best symbolized by [[Ronald Reagan]]'s demand on June 12, 1987 that Premier [[Mikhail Gorbachev]] of the Soviet Union "tear down this wall". The wall fell on November 9, 1989 followed in a few short years by the Soviet Union itself. <ref>http://www.dailysoft.com/berlinwall/history/berlinwall-timeline.htm</ref> | ||
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[[category:Cold War]] | [[category:Cold War]] | ||
[[Category:Communism]] | [[Category:Communism]] | ||
Revision as of 18:46, November 29, 2007
The Iron Curtain was a metaphorical term referring to the bar to travel, commerce and communication between the nations of the West and the nations under the control of the Soviet Union.
It was erected by the Soviet Union after World War II and was the first part of the Cold War. The phrase was coined by Winston Churchill, in 1946, in a speech at Westminster College in Fulton, Missouri. The Berlin Wall was perhaps its most visible symbol, dividing the German city into the free West Berlin and the East Berlin under Soviet dictatorship.
The Iron Curtain's shredding took place after a series of events in the 1980s, perhaps best symbolized by Ronald Reagan's demand on June 12, 1987 that Premier Mikhail Gorbachev of the Soviet Union "tear down this wall". The wall fell on November 9, 1989 followed in a few short years by the Soviet Union itself. [1]