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

Eastern Europe

Soviet Union

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Soviet Union. Communist Party. Central Committee (CPSU CC). Politburo

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Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT)

Ukrainian Nuclear History

Ukrainian Motherland Monument, Kyiv

Eastern Europe

Ukraine

Aerial view of National Mall

North America

United States

The Atomic Energy Commission of the United Nations meets on June 14, 1946.

Baruch Plan for International Control of Atomic Energy

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Molotov, Vyacheslav Mikhaylovich

1890- 1986

A photo of Joseph Stalin from 1943

Stalin, Joseph

1879- 1953

Chernobyl nuclear accident

Ukraine

Chernobyl

Cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova on a Soviet stamp

Space Race

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

East Asia

China

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Kurchatov, Igor V.

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Pyongyang photographed in March 20212

East Asia

North Korea

Sino-Soviet Relations

Nikita Khrushchev at the UNGA, 1962.

Khrushchev, Nikita Sergeevich

1894- 1971

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Soviet Union. Council of Ministers

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July 5, 1961	Record of a Conversation between N. S. Khrushchev and Chen Yi, Deputy Premier of the State Council of the People’s Republic of China Chen asks Khrushchev to go over the pressing international issues and he presents the USSR's stances on the situation in Laos, South Korea, and Cuba. Khrushchev also raises problems in GDR and difficulties in negotiations with Western powers with regards to the German question. Khrushchev also mentions Soviet plans to launch a spaceship and resume nuclear testing. The two leaders also discuss the challenges of agricultural development.
August 19, 1955	Proposal of the USSR Ministry of Higher Education on Providing Assistance to the Chinese People’s Republic in Training Specialists for Work in the Area of the Peaceful Use of Atomic Energy The CPSU CC agrees to assist the PRC with nuclear energy training.
August 19, 1955	Letter to the Soviet Ambassador [in Beijing] The Soviet Union will help to train Chinese specialists in the area of nuclear energy.
August 16, 1954	Letter, G. Zhukov to the Marshal of the Soviet Union, Comrade N.A. Bulganin Zhukov informs Bulganin of his efforts to ensure the safety of troops and ordinary citizens during the Totskoye nuclear exercise.
September 4, 1954	Meeting held by Marshal of the Soviet Union Com. G.K. Zhukov 4 September 1954 at Totskoye Camps Notes from a discussion among Soviet military leaders concerning the risk of contamination during the Totskoye nuclear exercise.
April 1954	I. Petrov, 'On Safety [during the Totskoye Nuclear Exercise]' Petrov details efforts to limit contamination from the Totskoye nuclear exercise in 1954.
October 7, 1968	USSR Council of Ministers Resolution, 'Issue of the Joint Institute of Nuclear Research' Resolution about the difficulties and possible solutions for the Joint Institute of Nuclear Research.
October 7, 1968	Decisions of the Politburo of the Central Committee of the CPSU for 3-11 October 1968, '17. The Issue of the Joint Institute of Nuclear Research' The Politburo approves the resolution drafted by the USSR Council of Ministers.
October 7, 1968	Directive Sent to Cde. I.D. Morokhov, Soviet Representative, Vienna Instructions and language from the Politburo to the Soviet representative about the Treaty on Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons.
October 7, 1968	Decisions of the Politburo of the Central Committee of the CPSU for 3-11 October 1968, '16. On the Issue of the Draft Resolution of the USA on the Responsibility of the International Agency for Atomic Energy to Conduct Peaceful Nuclear Explosions' The Politburo confirms the instructions previously sent to their delegation at the IAEA General Conference, in regards to the IAEA's responsibilities towards nuclear testing.Decisions of the Politburo of the Central Committee of the CPSU for 3-11 October 1968