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Mikhail Gorbachev
- Governors Island SummitRonald Reagan met Mikhail Gorbachev on Governors Island during the final days of 1988. The date marked December 7, a time when Cold War tensions still hung…
- New Union TreatyMikhail Gorbachev stood before the Communist Party Congress in July 1990 and proposed a less centralized federal system.
- Demokratizatsiya (Soviet Union)Mikhail Gorbachev stood before the Soviet people in January 1987 and announced a new direction for his country. He introduced the word demokratizatsiya as a…
- Mikhail GorbachevMikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev was born on the 2nd of March 1931 in Privolnoye, a small village in the North Caucasus region of what is now Russia.
- Sinatra DoctrineGennadi Gerasimov stood before reporters in Helsinki on the 25th of October 1989. He spoke about a speech made two days earlier by Soviet Foreign Minister…
- START IUS President Ronald Reagan stood at Eureka College on the 9th of May 1982 to announce a radical new vision for global security.
- Dissolution of the Soviet UnionMikhail Gorbachev was elected General Secretary by the Politburo on the 11th of March 1985, just over four hours after his predecessor Konstantin Chernenko…
- Gulf WarOn the 2nd of August 1990, Iraqi tanks rolled across the border into Kuwait City. The invasion began with a bombing of the capital and lasted only two days…
- Malta SummitBrent Scowcroft and other members of the US administration were initially concerned that the proposed Malta Summit would be premature.
- Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces TreatyIn March 1976, the Soviet Union deployed its first RSD-10 Pioneer missile system in European territories. Western analysts called this weapon the SS-20 Saber.
- Common European HomeLeonid Brezhnev used the phrase Common European Home during a visit to Bonn, West Germany in 1981. This early usage likely aimed to sow discord between the…