Unit 6: Terms 12-22

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Across
  1. 3. the First Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union from 1953 to 1964 and the Chairman of the Council of Ministers from 1958 to 1964
  2. 4. Strategic Arms Limitation Talks (SALT), negotiations between the United States and the Soviet Union that were aimed at curtailing the manufacture of strategic missiles capable of carrying nuclear weapons
  3. 5. the easing of hostility or strained relations, especially between countries.
  4. 6. a Soviet and Russian politician who served as the last leader of the Soviet Union from 1985 to the country's dissolution in 1991
  5. 9. a Nicaraguan politician and dictator who has been the co-president of Nicaragua since 30 January 2025, alongside his wife Rosario Murillo. He was the 54th and 58th president of Nicaragua from 1985 to 1990 and from 2007 to 2025.
  6. 10. "restructuring," referring to the restructuring of the political economy of the Soviet Union in an attempt to end the Era of Stagnation. Perestroika. 5 kopeck perestroika commemorative postage stamp, 1988. Russian.
  7. 11. a Soviet and Russian politician and statesman who served as President of Russia from 1991 to 1999. He was a member of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union from 1961 to 1990
Down
  1. 1. an American politician and actor who served as the 40th president of the United States from 1981 to 1989. He was a member of the Republican Party and became an important figure in the American conservative movement. His presidency is known as the Reagan era
  2. 2. low economic development, low life expectancy, high rates of poverty and disease, and others.
  3. 7. a Cuban revolutionary and politician who was the leader of Cuba from 1959 to 2008, serving as the prime minister of Cuba from 1959 to 1976 and president from 1976 to 2008
  4. 8. an Iranian revolutionary, politician and religious leader. He was the founder of the Islamic Republic of Iran and the main leader of the Iranian revolution