Curated playlist
Soviet Union–United States diplomatic conferences
- Governors Island SummitThe Governors Island Summit ended early because of an earthquake far away.
- Washington Summit (1987)Reagan and Gorbachev signed a treaty in 1987 that eliminated a whole category of nuclear missiles.
- Reykjavík SummitReagan asked Gorbachev if he would refuse a historic chance over a single word. The 1986 Reykjavík Summit then ended.
- Tehran ConferenceStalin let a gift sword fall to the floor at the 1943 Tehran Conference. Churchill had just presented it.
- Strategic Arms Limitation TalksSix months after SALT II was signed, the Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan. The US Senate never ratified the treaty.
- Glassboro Summit ConferenceGeography picked the site of the 1967 Glassboro Summit Conference. Johnson wanted Washington, Kosygin wanted New York.
- Malta SummitThe Malta Summit brought United States President George H. W. Bush and Soviet General Secretary Mikhail Gorbachev together on the 2nd and the 3rd of December 1989. It happened just a few weeks after the fall of the Berlin Wall. The two men…
- Potsdam ConferenceMid-conference at Potsdam in 1945, British voters replaced Winston Churchill with Clement Attlee.
- Yalta ConferenceStalin refused every meeting site Roosevelt suggested, so the Yalta Conference met on Soviet soil.
- Geneva Summit (1985)Reagan asked Gorbachev what they would do if aliens invaded. It came up at their 1985 Geneva Summit, by the fireplace.
- Moscow Summit (1988)After the 1988 Moscow Summit, some Soviet history classes were cancelled.