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The Cuban Missile Crisis is the point of confrontation between the Soviet Union and the United States of America, which almost brought the world to the brink of nuclear war. In the new episode of History Lessons, Minaev talks about the Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962: What is the Doomsday Clock? How did Fidel Castro come to power in Cuba? Why did the US impose sanctions on Cuba? Why did the Cold War and the arms race begin? How did the Berlin Wall come about? Why did Fidel Castro fly to the USSR? What was the peak of the conflict between the USSR and the USA? How did the two countries manage to avoid nuclear war? Contents: 00:00 Direct line between the USA and the USSR 00:36 Doomsday Clock 02:16 The beginning of the Cold War between the USSR and the USA 06:21 How Fidel Castro comes to power and becomes a communist 10:02 The USSR abandons the moratorium on nuclear tests 10:54 The US attempt to overthrow Fidel Castro 11:16 How did the Cuban Missile Crisis begin? 12:50 Berlin Wall 16:19 How Khrushchev came up with the idea to deploy missiles on Cuban territory 17:05 Anastas Mikoyan 18:48 Fidel Castro accepts USSR missiles 20:00 How weapons were transferred to Cuba 23:05 Kennedy's reaction 27:05 Naval blockade of Cuba 28:29 Kennedy's address to the nation 30:24 World reaction 31:24 Beginning of the blockade of Cuba and a ship from the USSR 33:07 Emergency meeting of the UN Security Council 35:21 Khrushchev tries to negotiate 37:44 The peak of the conflict 41:25 The end of the Cuban Missile Crisis 44:22 Letter from Nikita Sergeyevich Khrushchev For cooperation issues, write to: [email protected] Subscribe to Minaev on social networks: Minaev on Telegram: https://t-do.ru/minaevlife Minaev LIVE on VK: https://vk.com/minaev_live Minaev LIVE on Twitter: / sergeiminaev Minaev LIVE on Odnoklassniki: www.ok.ru/minaevlive Minaev LIVE on Tik Tok: / minaevlive Minaev Live on Yandex Zen: https://zen.yandex.ru/sergeyminaev #CaribbeanCrisis #Cuba #Khrushchev #FidelCastro #Kennedy #ColdWar