In this chapter you will read about the cold war. Specifically, consider the following questions:
How did the cold war begin?
What were the critical historical events in the cold war?
What were the key principles of international relationships during the cold war?
What factors contributed to the fact that tensions were maintained at just the right level to prevent the outbreak of open hostilities between the West and the USSR?
27–2. Исторические даты
з) Remember that in Russian, when calendar dates are expressed in numbers (e.g., 03.02.2005), the month is the middle number, not the first one. When there are only two sets of numbers, the date consists of a month and year. Practice reading the following dates out loud in Russian, using the appropriate grammatical construction as in the example.
14.12.194 — четырнадцатое декабря тысяча девятьсот сорок пятого года
