The Special Period (Spanish: Período especial), officially the Special Period in the Time of Peace (Período especial en tiempos de paz), was an extended...

depression, resulting from the loss of income from Soviet trade. This Special Period saw the re-introduction of elements of market capitalism into the Cuban...

sugar prices in the early 1990s. This economic crisis is known as the Special Period. Cuba's economy rebounded in the early 2000s due to a combination of...

The orbital period (also revolution period) is the amount of time a given astronomical object takes to complete one orbit around another object. In astronomy...

The Edo period (江戸時代, Edo jidai), also known as the Tokugawa period (徳川時代, Tokugawa jidai), is the period between 1603 and 1868 in the history of Japan...

Hindi-language period heist thriller, directed by Neeraj Pandey. The Specials (2019 film), a film by Olivier Nakache and Éric Toledano Television special, television...

in 1991 Cuba was plunged into a severe economic crisis known as the Special Period that ended in 2000 when Venezuela began providing Cuba with subsidized...

In classical antiquity, the Hellenistic period covers the time in Greek history after Classical Greece, between the death of Alexander the Great in 323...

The sunrise period of domain name registration is a special period during which trademark holders may preregister names that are the same or similar to...

In the history of the 20th century, the interwar period (or interbellum) lasted from 11 November 1918 to 1 September 1939 (20 years, 9 months, 21 days)...

the Soviet ruble. The Soviet Union's collapse in 1991 resulted in a Special Period of difficult economic adjustments for Cuba. From 1994 to 2020 the Cuban...

the Tudor period occurred between 1485 and 1603, including the Elizabethan era during the reign of Elizabeth I (1558–1603). The Tudor period coincides...

In Japanese history, the Jōmon period (縄文時代, Jōmon jidai) is the time between c. 14,000 and 300 BC, during which Japan was inhabited by a diverse hunter-gatherer...

in 1991. Cuba then entered an era of serious economic hardship, the Special Period. The relationship between the USSR and the Castro regime were initially...

In a legislature, a special session (also extraordinary session) is a period when the body convenes outside of the normal legislative session. This most...

The Muromachi period or Muromachi era (室町時代, Muromachi jidai), also known as the Ashikaga period or Ashikaga era (足利時代, Ashikaga jidai), is a division...

Special forces or special operations forces (SOF) are military units trained to conduct special operations. NATO has defined special operations as "military...

partner the Soviet Union, and the resulting economic crisis known as the Special Period, Cuba's government embarked on a major program to restore old hotels...

Jineterismo during the Special Period. Global Development Studies, 1, 3-4 Winter 1998-Spring 1999. "Jineterismo During the Special Period". Archived from the...

In developmental psychology and developmental biology, a critical period is a maturational stage in the lifespan of an organism during which the nervous...

The Confederation period was the era of the United States' history in the 1780s after the American Revolution and prior to the ratification of the United...

Another Period is an American period sitcom television series created by and starring Natasha Leggero and Riki Lindhome. It followed the lives of the Bellacourts...

to suffer under an economic crisis that hadn't been seen since the Special Period. To try to revitalize the economy the CUC currency was eliminated in...

crisis, it also led people to escape the island. The consequence of the “Special Period" of the 1990s for Cuban cinema is a drastic reduction in the resources...

The Kamakura period (鎌倉時代, Kamakura jidai, 1185–1333) is a period of Japanese history that marks the governance by the Kamakura shogunate, officially established...

famously was off the menu of many ordinary Cubans for a time during the Special Period of Cuban history, after the fall of the Soviet Union. While some Cubans...

the already under-maintained vehicles. As a result of the "Special Period" in 1991 (a period of food and energy shortages caused by the loss of the Soviet...

government's objectives "to defend the Cuban Revolution". Since the "Special Period in the Times of Peace" in the 1990s, women have stepped to the forefront...

The Taishō era (大正時代, Taishō jidai, [taiɕoː dʑidai] ) was a period in the history of Japan dating from 30 July 1912 to 25 December 1926, coinciding with...

The Second Temple period or post-exilic period in Jewish history denotes the approximately 600 years (516 BCE – 70 CE) during which the Second Temple stood...