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

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Topics are curated sets of documents and other resources related to a common issue, event, theme, relationship, individual, or place.

Topics pages were referred to as "Collections" on previous iterations of the Digital Archive.

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Sino-Soviet Relations

Executive Committee of the National Security Committee during the Cuban Missile Crisis.
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Cuban Missile Crisis

Truman with Attlee and Stalin at Potsdam
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Cold War Origins

Photograph of 38th parallel crossing during Korean War
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Korean War, 1950-1953

Chernobyl nuclear accident
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Chernobyl Nuclear Accident, 1986

Photograph of Gorbachev-Bush summit at Malta, 1989
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End of the Cold War

Emir Farid Chehab
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Emir Farid Chehab Collection

Photograph of a US POW during the Vietnam War.
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Vietnam War

Jan Nowak-Jeziorański broadcasting for Radio Free Europe, 3 May 1952
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Radio Free Europe and Radio Liberty

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