Questions and Answers about
Cold War
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in HistoryWhat was the first American fast-food restaurant to open in the Soviet Union?
Answer: Two months after the Berlin Wall fell in 1989, McDonald’s opened its doors in Moscow – the first American fast-food restaurant to enter the Soviet Union. 33 years later, on May 16, 2022, McDonald’s confirmed that it is selling its 850 restaurants in Russia, increasing the country’s isolation over its war in Ukraine.
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in HistoryWhich bloc was Sweden a part of during the cold war?
Answer: Sweden has avoided military alliances since the end of the Napoleonic Wars and kept its policy of neutrality during World War II and the Cold War. Thus, approximately 70,000 Finnish children were evacuated and placed with families in Sweden during the Second World War, and nearly all of Denmark’s Jewish population._x000D_