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Photograph of Gorbachev-Bush summit at Malta, 1989

End of the Cold War

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

The Palace of the Republic (Palast der Republik) in Berlin

Eastern Europe

East Germany

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Eastern Europe

Poland

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Eastern Europe

Czechoslovakia

Aerial view of National Mall

North America

United States

"The Bundeshaus (Federal Building) in Bonn, West Germany, May 1961. "

Western Europe

West Germany

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Chernyaev, A. S.

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Official portrait for President George H.W. Bush, 1989.

Bush, George H.W.

1924- 2018

German Reunification

Photograph of Helmut Kohl, 1982.

Kohl, Helmut

1930- 2017

Berlin Wall between Mitte and Kreuzberg

Berlin Wall

Nicolae Ceausescu, 1974

Ceaușescu, Nicolae

1918- 1989

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Walesa, Lech

1943-

China, 1989

North Atlantic Council Meeting, Lisbon, June 1985

Archivio Andreotti's NATO Series

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

United States-Soviet Relations

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July 9, 1987	Anatoly Chernyaev, Notes from a Meeting of the Politburo Gorbachev and other Politburo members discussed the pressing issue of the return of Crimean Tatars to Crimea.
June 12, 1987	Speech by President Ronald Reagan at the Brandenburg Gate, West Berlin, 'Remarks on East-West Relations' Ronald Reagan's famous speech in which he advises Soviet General Secretary Mikhail Gorbachev to "tear down this wall!"
July 6, 1989	Speech by Mikhail Gorbachev to the Council of Europe in Strasbourg, "Europe as a Common Home" Mikhail Gorbachev exposes his idea of the "Common European Home" and states that he will not block reform in East European countries. Gorbachev told the Council that it is "the sovereign right of each people to choose their social system at their own discretion." Gorbachev's statements amount to an unofficial repudiation of the Brezhnev Doctrine.
May 29, 1988	Memorandum of Conversation, the President's First One-on-One Meeting with General Secretary Gorbachev Reagan and Gorbachev's first conversation during Reagan's 1988 visit to Moscow.
September 21, 1990	Letter, V. M. Falin to M. S. Gorbachev Chairman of International Department V. M. Falin writes to Gorbachev about changes in the structure and organization of the Soviet political system and communist party.
November 19, 1985	Memorandum of Conversation, 'Reagan-Gorbachev Meetings in Geneva' Department of State summary of Gorbachev and Reagan's discussions.
September 1985	CIA Intelligence Assessment, 'Gorbachev's Economic Agenda: Promises, Potentials, and Pitfalls' An analysis of Gorbachev's new economic policies.
March 15, 1985	Conference of Secretaries of the CC CPSU, Held in the Office of CC CPSU General Secretary Comrade M. S. Gorbachev Following general Secretary Konstantin Chernenko's death, Soviet officials discuss a Warsaw Pact meeting and conversations with various foreign leaders.
January 26, 1990	Discussion of the German Question at a Private Meeting in the Office of the CPSU CC General Secretary In a conversation recorded by Chernyaev, Gorbachev candidly discusses the political situation in East and West Germany, the weakness of the Socialist Unity Party (SED), and the Soviet strategy for managing German reunification.
December 11, 1989	Telegram of the Hungarian Embassy in Moscow about V. M. Falin’s Briefing on the Malta Summit on 11 December V.M. Falin, Head of the International Department of the Central Committee of the CPSU, provides a briefing about the Malta Summit.