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Eastern Europe

Soviet Union

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

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Ukrainian Nuclear History

Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT)

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North America

United States

Ukrainian Motherland Monument, Kyiv

Eastern Europe

Ukraine

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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East Asia

China

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Molotov, Vyacheslav Mikhaylovich

1890- 1986

Sino-Soviet Relations

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Stalin, Joseph

1879- 1953

Chernobyl nuclear accident

Ukraine

Chernobyl

Nuclear Proliferation

Nikita Khrushchev at the UNGA, 1962.

Khrushchev, Nikita Sergeevich

1894- 1971

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Kurchatov, Igor V.

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East Asia

North Korea

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April 16, 1962	Special Feature No. 271 Translation of Special Feature No. 271, “U.S. Scientists and Public Discuss Nuclear Tests”
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.
September 22, 1956	Gazette of the State Council of the People's Republic of China, 1956, No. 34 (Overall Issue No. 60) This issue features the text of a resolution to support the Soviet call for disarmament that passed through the National People's Congress. It also includes a joint statement about relations with Ceylon (Sri Lanka) and summarizes a government visit to Tibet. Other sections address strengthening agricultural production cooperatives, problems in education, and provincial administrative concerns, such as the creation of Linxia Autonomous Prefecture for Hui Muslims in Gansu.
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.