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Shevardnadze, Eduard Amvrosievich

1928- 2014

Soviet soldier taking a photograph of another soldier in Red Square, Moscow, 1959

Eastern Europe

Soviet Union

Mikhail Gorbachev, 1986

Gorbachev, Mikhail Sergeevich

1931- 2022

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South Asia

Afghanistan

Photograph of Gorbachev-Bush summit at Malta, 1989

End of the Cold War

Afghan resistance fighters return to a village destroyed by Soviet forces

Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan

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Yakovlev, Alexander Nikolayevich

1923- 2005

Aerial view of National Mall

North America

United States

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Chebrikov, Viktor M.

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Andrei Gromyko at the UN, 1981

Gromyko, Andrei Andreevich

1909- 1989

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Yazov, Dmitri Timofeevich

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Portrait of Mao Zedong on Tiananmen Gate in Beijing, China, 1972.

East Asia

China

George H.W. Bush and Lech Walesa

CIA Reports on the Collapse of Communism in Europe

Pyongyang photographed in March 20212

East Asia

North Korea

President Ronald Reagan, Vice-President Bush, and oviet General Secretary Gorbachev

United States-Soviet Relations

Cuba's National Capitol Building, January 2010.

Central America and Caribbean

Cuba

Soviet Foreign Policy

Sino-Soviet Rapprochement, 1985-1989

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January 22, 1987	Notes from Politburo Meeting, 21-22 January 1987 (Excerpt) Gorbachev and his advisors discuss new Afghan president Mohammad Najibullah and the possible drawdown of Soviet troops.
October 22, 1986	Meeting Minutes of the Politburo of the CC CPSU, Regarding the Aftermath of the Reykjavik US-Soviet summit The Politburo discusses what to do after the failure of the Reykjavik summit over Reagan's insistence on preserving the right to continue the SDI or "Star Wars" project, as well as the subsequent expulsion of Soviet diplomats from the US. In the angry, bitter meeting Gorbachev decides on the removal of 250 Soviets working in service positions at the U.S. Embassy in Moscow.
December 8, 1986	Proposal on the Expiration of the Unilaterial Soviet Moratorium on Nuclear Testing Proposal to resume Soviet nuclear testing following the expiration of the USSR's unilateral moratorium on nuclear detonations on 1 January 1987. The US government continued nuclear testing throughout 1986 and did not join the Soviet moratorium. Proposes to announce the resumption of testing in December 1986 following the first American test explosion in 1987.
November 13, 1986	CPSU CC Politburo Meeting Minutes (excerpt) CPSU CC Politburo transcript regarding attempts to find a solution to the Afghan war and bring resolution to the conflict.
January 24, 1989	CPSU CC Politburo Decision of 24 January 1989, with Attached Report of 23 January 1989 CPSU CC Politburo Decision of 24 January 1989, with attached report of 23 January 1989 regarding the various possibilities for Soviet withdrawal from Afghanistan and the continuing situation of conflict
May 13, 1989	CPSU CC Politburo Decision, with Report by Zaikov, Shevardnadze, Yazov and Kryuchkov CPSU CC Politburo Decision, with report by Zaikov, Shevardnadze, Yazov, and Kryuchkov regarding measures to bolster the government of Afghanistan and to protect Najibullah’s government from overthrow
December 20, 1989	Letter from Shevardnadze to Gorbachev Letter from Shevardnadze to Gorbachev discussing the events in Romania and the limitation to news sources, primarily from the West, of information regarding these events
December 21, 1989	Information Note from the Romanian Embassy in Moscow to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Note from the Romanian Embassy in Moscow to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs regarding a discussion with the Soviet Deputy Foreign Minister concerning events in Timisoara and Ceausescu’s disapproval with Soviet official declarations concerning the events
July 22, 1989	CPSU CC Memo with Excerpt from Protocol #163/44, 22 July 1989 The protocol deals with the further arming of Afghanistan and the training of Afghan servicemen in the USSR.
March 12, 1989	CPSU CC Memo with excerpt from Protocol #149/23 and an attached report, 12 March 1989 This memo concerns further measures for urgent military aid to Afghanistan.